Off went all the IRC divisions and the multihulls on windward-leeward courses, and off went the Premier Cruisers for a perfunctory trip round just one island (Koh Kaeo Noi) and back.
All the w/l classes completed in just over an hour, and then the RO got everyone going again as fast as possible. In fact, it was perfectly good steady breeze, if a bit on the light side, and once again it was a one-hour race, by-and-large.
Neil Pryde’s HiFi was very happy sailing in the light conditions, and after five races has shared all the first and second places with Beau Geste (Karl Kwok). ‘Traffic’ in the first race of the day 'may have cost us a win', said Pryde. 'With six classes on the same race track, there was bound to be plenty of disturbed air across the course, but that’s what is there and that’s what we had to cope with.' Beau Geste leads HiFi by one point after two days. Island Fling (Paul Winkelmann) took two straight bullets in IRC1, as did TBG-Team Premier (Hannes Waimer) in IRC 2 and Foreign Affair (Greg Reynolds) in IRC 3.
It took a little longer to get things under way over on Course Bravo, but all classes completed a geometric course. For all Day 2 results, click here. Kingscup.com