Cowes Week Daily round up - Day 6

8:03 PM Thu 5 Aug 2010 GMT

'Sunbeams Melody, Query, and Danny - Cowes Week 2010' Rick Tomlinson &copy

Cowes Week Day Six saw bright weather, with challenging racing conditions in a westerly wind that varied from 12-25 knots. Black Group classes on the RYS line started going west, with spinnakers popping up in the final 30 seconds before each start. The J/92 class held its national championships over the first four days of Cowes Week, but all but two boats are still competing. Today Taylor, Greenhalgh and Bexon's J'Ronimo started closest to the line at the southern end, but Neilson Redeye was the first of two boats to sail though to leeward with superior speed in the opening ...

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