Airforce snatched a dramatic victory on handicap as the Wednesday Night Sailing Series produced a tactical masterclass for Race Day 12.
In a fleet where line honours counted for little, it was a battle of corrected times across the racecourse.
Crossfire was the first boat to physically cross the finish line, clocking a blistering elapsed time of 1 hour 12 minutes 24 seconds. However, once the handicaps were applied, their corrected time of 1:19:51 saw them pushed down to third place on the night.
It was a similar story of frustration for Nasty Medicine. Despite chasing the leaders home to finish as the second boat across the line (1:13:52), their corrected time of 1:21:01 left them fifth overall.
Instead, the night belonged to Airforce. Despite crossing the line third in real-time with an elapsed 1:24:02, their superb handicap advantage yielded a winning corrected time of 1:19:32.
Victory was secured by the absolute barest of margins, with Airforce finishing just a solitary second ahead of a relentless Thrash, who took second place with a corrected time of 1:19:33.
Scatteraction completed the top four, locking in a corrected time of 1:20:44.
Wednesday Night Sailing Race Day 12
1:19:32 Airforce
1:19:33 Thrash
1:19:51 Crossfire
1:20:44 Scatteraction
1:21:01 Nasty Medicine
1:21:03 Critter
1:21:18 Back in Black
1:21:41 Fat Tuesday
1:22:32 Tiburon
1:22:32 Solna II
1:22:38 Encore
1:23:29 Vrengen
1:23:55 Privateer
1:24:02 RS 21 6 SAVAGE
1:24:32 Windfire
1:25:00 Stormy
1:22:47 Lorato Makato
1:26:32 Menace
1:26:33 Shogun
1:26:35 Jitterbug
1:26:46 RS 21 2 REDBURN
1:27:04 Lix
1:27:47 RS 21 3 LEACH
1:28:39 RS 21 1 NEAME
1:29:36 RS 21 4 REID
1:33:47 RS 21 5 FRANK
RET Grace
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