The usually reliable trade winds were again missing and the sea was flat calm with barely a breath of wind. Race 1 of the 10 race series was scheduled to start at 1100 but the red and white postponement flag was up until 1250 when Class A started. The winds ranged from just three to eight knots and shifted frequently. Race 2 (windward/leeward) was abandoned.

There were many theories about the weather conditions and how long the remnants of Tropical Storm Daniel would affect the Trade Winds. We were advised that normally the situation lasts for 24-36 hours.

Once ashore at the end of the day we lodged a request for redress against the race commitee over the position of the windward mark (commitee boat said 175 however, it was 160). Other baots joined us in this request including Esmeralda, Bumblebee V, Air New Zealand, High 5 in class A and G’Net in Class B. The jury found our request to be substaintianed as the race director had omitted to put a 15 degree offset in the GPS that was used to lay the windward mark. The results were scored at the positions at the leeward mark, which gave us a 3rd. Originally we were given a 4th. The other J105’s immediately appealed against us being awarded 3rd place but were unsucessful.