Cowes Week Day 8 - Daily Roundup



8:23 PM Sat 7 Aug 2010 GMT
'Periscope, Geronimo, Sonar - Cowes Week 2010' Rick Tomlinson &copy Click Here to view large photo
Cowes Week concluded with another day of brisk, but shifty, winds that gave competitors exciting racing across the 25 classes competing today. With its large and competitive fleet, the XOD class is considered by many to be the most difficult to win at Cowes. However, Steve & Peter Lawrence and Patrick Smart's Catherine had a commanding lead going into the final day, needing only to finish within 34 places of second-placed Ben Paton's XL. Third place, on the other hand, was wide open and with six boats separated by only eight points in contention there was everything to fight for ...


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