Day dawned on day Three of the Mount Gay Rum Regatta 2012 with the top three boats in class being separated by only a single point. Jemstar was leading with Ribbit and your intrepid heroes one point behind. This basically meant that we had to win the longest race of the regatta to have a chance of a victory.

The previous day had seen a strong performance from HM and we were hopeful of more of the same. The nights festivities were cut short at the 'slightly' drunk stage to ensure we were only a bit hungover for today's race. We took breakfast on shore in wether conditions that saw a breeze that was broadly the same as the previous days. Bill again stayed ashore to enjoy the view on the beach and avoid any danger whilst we welcomes two new additional crew members in Ashley and Tiffany, the Mount Gay girls. We had 8 on board and looked a bit healthier in the water.

As we rounded onto the start, Dave an Stuart agreed on a change and we approached the mark away from the fleet - crossing the line first and building a 100yd lead in seconds....FINALLY a flying start in the race we needed it most! We stayed ahead of Ribbit for 20 minutes before her raw speed caught us and attempts to drop in whims nd steal some wind to slow her failed. After a Looooong leg into the wind we turned to head for home 6.5 minutes behind according to our rough calculations which put us second on handicap by a small margin. The downwind leg saw us maintain the gap and by our own rough calculations we gained on her around the last mark and into the finish.

We sit on the beach awaiting the results, knowing that we have at least a Secos in class. Did we win outright? Fingers crossed......