The hardest hit was a group of three boats which included Patrick Gifford's Kraken, Clive Morgan's Amok and Gavia Wilkinson-Cox's Jerboa. Kraken was just finishing the run as the other two started up the beat and all three were close together as the wind slammed in. Kraken was completely overwhelmed by the following seas and sank almost immediately. Fortunately Paul Woodman's Fuzzy Duck V, crewed by Malcolm Ford and Barry Dunning, saw them go and immediately rendered assistance picking up Patrick and his crew Mike Hayles and Alex MacDonald with impressive speed. "The Fuzzy Duck crew did a fantastic job, they were very professionally and we are extremely grateful." said Patrick Gifford back ashore.
Meanwhile Jerboa and Amok, who were both on the beat, were also knocked down and Gavia Wilkinson-Cox found herself being washed out of the Jerboa for an unexpected swim in the Solent. Her quick thinking crew had the boat under control, turned about and back alongside her within moments and Gavia is extremely proud of the fact that not only did she get back aboard and finish, but that they only lost two places in the process! After racing her crew, Mark Hart and John Mortimer, joked that if she doesn't hang on harder in future they are going to nail her to the deck!
Aboard Amok helmsman Clive Morgan was thrown into the cockpit by the force of the knock down and the boat rounded up involuntarily, filling with water as it did so. Sadly the situation was beyond retrieval and Clive and his crew Simon Cash and Kate Sanderson felt the horror of their boat sinking away from under them. Fortunately a passing motor yacht had seen them and plucked them to safety.
Clearly with all the drama unfolding it was a day when experience counted for a lot and Hoj-Jensen and his crew of Chris Brittain and Andrew Norden took the situation in their stride and sailed to a confident win from Russia's Alexey Krylov sailing Versiya 3.0 with Muller in third and American Edward Sawyer's Clairvoyant, helmed today by Lars Hendrikson, in fourth.
In the overall standings Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen of Denmark sailing Danish Blue now leads on 9 points. Germany's Thomas Muller, sailing Sinewave, is second on 14 points just one point ahead of Alexey Krylov from Russia sailing Versiya 3.0. Eric Williams in Ecstatic and Len Jones in Rumours share fourth place with 27 points, but sadly Jones was one of those who lost his rig in the fifth race so there is much hard work currently going on down in the yard to make sure he is ready to race in the final race tomorrow.
Meanwhile Jerboa and Amok, who were both on the beat, were also knocked down and Gavia Wilkinson-Cox found herself being washed out of the Jerboa for an unexpected swim in the Solent. Her quick thinking crew had the boat under control, turned about and back alongside her within moments and Gavia is extremely proud of the fact that not only did she get back aboard and finish, but that they only lost two places in the process! After racing her crew, Mark Hart and John Mortimer, joked that if she doesn't hang on harder in future they are going to nail her to the deck!
Aboard Amok helmsman Clive Morgan was thrown into the cockpit by the force of the knock down and the boat rounded up involuntarily, filling with water as it did so. Sadly the situation was beyond retrieval and Clive and his crew Simon Cash and Kate Sanderson felt the horror of their boat sinking away from under them. Fortunately a passing motor yacht had seen them and plucked them to safety.
Clearly with all the drama unfolding it was a day when experience counted for a lot and Hoj-Jensen and his crew of Chris Brittain and Andrew Norden took the situation in their stride and sailed to a confident win from Russia's Alexey Krylov sailing Versiya 3.0 with Muller in third and American Edward Sawyer's Clairvoyant, helmed today by Lars Hendrikson, in fourth.
In the overall standings Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen of Denmark sailing Danish Blue now leads on 9 points. Germany's Thomas Muller, sailing Sinewave, is second on 14 points just one point ahead of Alexey Krylov from Russia sailing Versiya 3.0. Eric Williams in Ecstatic and Len Jones in Rumours share fourth place with 27 points, but sadly Jones was one of those who lost his rig in the fifth race so there is much hard work currently going on down in the yard to make sure he is ready to race in the final race tomorrow.
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