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Bembridge Illusion St George's Day, Woodford Long Distance Race and Bill's Barrel by Mike Samuelson 3 May 07:08 BST 1-2 May 2021 Saturday, the penultimate day of racing of the 2020-2021 Illusion season was a frustrating one! The forecast was for light cyclonic conditions and that was exactly what was delivered! Having made the decision to remain in the harbour to reduce interference with BHYC's racing, the race officers then spent the best part of an hour chasing the breeze as it went round all points of the compass with the 16 Illusions dutifully following the Committee Boat ...

Last year there were 10 entries for the Christmas Cracker, this year there were 19 racing on Saturday and 18 on Sunday, which, given current circumstances, again shows the strength and resilience of the fleet. Mind you, an Illusion is the ideal boat to self isolate when afloat! On Saturday, the SSW'erly F5 gusting F6 breeze allowed a reasonably long course and with Class Captain Mark, who had loaned his boat to his son Alex, doing the mark laying, there were no complaints! A clean start for the first race, with the majority remaining on starboard until they started calling for water on Selwyn...