Exabyte 2 (IMX 40)   Warsash Spring Series Race 4 April 6 2003 For the fourth race of the Spring Series there was a force 2-3 northerly breeze blowing. After initially sailing out to the start area under the VMG spinnaker we went upwind with the Light/Medium set and back down hill under the Runner as the breeze built slightly. Once again the line was slightly biased towards the pin and three or four boats were called over in the resulting bunch but we had an excellent start with plenty of space towards the committee boat end. After a quick tack off, we played the shifts well and ended up in the leading bunch at the windward mark. The course was predominantly windward leeward although one very long reach from Browndown to Prince Consort certainly suited the asymmetric rigged Max Fun 35 who caught up with the larger leading boats. At the finish we were still in touch with the 47.7 Kirribilli and well ahead of the other IMX 40, the Seaquest 36 and all of the Primas. After a relatively long race it was difficult to judge our position on corrected time but after guessing at a seventh or eighth we were very pleased with a fourth. If it wasn't for one very bad beat in the middle of the race it could, however, have been a lot better! Back to Exabyte minisite