The first 30 boats finished within an hour at the conclusion of La Solitaire du Figaro’s first leg to Caen yesterday, with Phil Sharp delighted by his seventh place (see the vid). At Copa del Rey Mapfre Jose Cusi’s TP52 Bribon was the class act, scoring two bullets. The Olympic test event is underway in Weymouth and the Women’s Match Racers were first to start yesterday. The rest of the women’s match racing community meanwhile is over at Lysekil in Sweden. AC challenger Green Comm have been getting to grips with their AC45. Free hats, party tickets and booze to be won in our Mount Gay competition for Cowes Week.