Grafham Cat open 24th and 25th October 20

it did indeed work, much better than last year.

the port hand mark was obviously the favoured end as it left you on starboard going back upwind through the gate, but there were a few laps where the starboard mark ended up paying off.

We enjoyed the racing very much, even the really windy bits

Thanks to everyone for their time and effort

improvements for next time?-

maybe a bit more room below the leeward marks would be good. They were a bit close to the bank if you had a problem.

Also it would have been better to shorten course for each fleet when the leading boat in each fleet approached the line rather than stopping everyone no matter what lap they were on. The results needed a fair bit of adjusting to end up with the correct finishing order.

Minor points that did not affect our enjoyment though!

Looking forward to visiting again.

hi simon you missed a good one.

i would say the gates worked pretty well, the marks were quite away apart and you could lay the finish line without tacking so it was quite relaxed unlike last year. think there were less boats so it wasnt quite as manic which helped.

just back from graftham great weekend thanks to all at the club for putting on a good show again.

leward marks were interesting think on the whole they worked quite well.