All photos by Christine Patton
Autumn Point Score Races 3 & 4The forecast for the day’s sailing was for 30 knot gusts and torrential rain. Nobody on shore was looking particularly excited about heading out, and listening the to the 18’s briefing didn’t make us feel any better. The race committee went out on the RIB with John Vasey and as it did not look that bad between rain squalls, we thought we would give it a go. Laying the course was difficult as the wind was swinging around. Big thank you to Jim Dounis for his patience with moving buoys. The first race got underway with a solid breeze, but not the predicted wind. In the full rigs, Murray