The sailors gathered in the clubhouse, checked their phones, conjectured over the possibilities and then most went for a sail anyway.

The possibility of lightning caused racing to be cancelled for safety reasons.

It seemed certain another thunderstorm would pass over, and it was a question of whether this might occur during the race. It turned out that lighting struck the area around 6pm.

There was also a question on whether racing in light rain is good racing.

As the sailors set out for some action, Ava commented “this will sort out who the crazies are!”

After the sailors returned to shore, they clarified “of course it was worth rigging up and going out – it’s always worth it!”

The wind had built to around 12 knots, which provided fun sailing, with the dinghies planing and the cat getting its hull flying.

The pointscore races were deferred to this Saturday.