The race started in overcast conditions in a building breeze. I had a great start battling Francisco Lobato hard for the lead.  As night fell the first major tactical decision of the race had to be made - when to tack.  Lobato and Charlie Dalin profited by tacking early.  I tacked inside the main fleet, but couldn’t quite catch Lobato and Dalin on the long port tack to Port Bourgenay.  Once again we had some exciting sailing at the end of the leg as we had to sail dangerously close to the rocks in the dark on the approach to the finish. It was the most testing part of the race and I was happy to finish in 3rd position.  

The solo series class was small by mini standards but was extremely competitive, with all the favourites for this year’s Mini Transat racing.