Report from Carole Rowe on Hermes
Sunday was a surprise day. The Met office synoptic chart had very few isobars indicating a lack of gradient wind so from where did the wind come? As the afternoon progressed the winds got stronger until we had quite a few white horses on the water.
H1 was the course chosen with a beat to F (northernmost on the east side). As per usual Dione and Catriona fought it out for the lead – Arke being away – leaving the rest to do what they could.
With the increasing wind there was time for a second round and positions established in the first round changed. Dione well clear of Catriona and the fleet failed to check the race card and headed off down the loch before realising her mistake and then tried to head up the loch against an ebb tide. The damage was done and could not be retrieved but she held onto the second place. Luna retired at the end of the first round with gear problems. Hermes – helmed by crew Donald – showed what could be done and on the last leg to the finishing line managed to overhaul Ceres. Circe finished the course not far behind.
1 Catriona 2 Dione 3 Hermes 4 Ceres 5 Circe, Luna retired.
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