A large windward leeward course was set with 4 mile legs. Three Weston SC Unicorns arrived for the start of the race on Sunday 23rd September with the anticipation of strong winds coming in. Alan Dovey in 1080 'Lively Lady', Richard Stainer in 1022 'Trotters Enterprises' and Paul Sales in 975 'Pointless'.

The start was keen but not tight as the first leg was a fetch to Jib with Alan Dovey at the ODM end of the line hitting the good offshore wind first, with Paul Sales a very close second and Richard Stainer following in third. Down wind and with gathering speed as the wind filled in slowly Alan led but was being caught all the time by Paul Sales who hit the leeward mark first and rounded up for the beat with Alan and Richard in close pursuit. Alan slowly made ground up the first beat with superior pointing ability and made the club line in one tack in first place with Paul second and Richard gaining all the time with his 'Mylar Monster' sail.

By now the wind was really kicking in and the fetch to Jib had become a lot broader making for a very exciting fetch round to broad reach to Jib again on the wire with one hull flying and then some trying to cope with the big gusts and keep the boat moving fast. At jib it was Alan Dovey again followed by Paul Sales and Richard Stainer. The down wind ride this time was very hairy with big gusts firing down the course the trick was to keep moving fast and make the most of the gusts when they came while remaining firmly lashed to the rear beam. Alan Dovey suffered a near fatal nose dive but recovered the front beam from about three feet under and stayed just in the lead with Paul again catching up down wind and getting into a good attacking position as Alan eased sheets to avoid further mishap. It was all down to the final beat with this time Alan leading out and pointing high to again lay the finish line in one. This time however in the stronger conditions Paul was slowly gaining, staying slightly further offshore in the stronger more consistent winds slowly hauling in the 4 boat length lead of Alan. Getting near the finish line with both boats getting buffeted by disturbed offshore airs it was up on one hull nearly going critical to big bear away to avoid getting dumped backwards. Alan got dumped once but recovered into the boat with Paul closing the gap and then beginning to draw ahead as the line approached. In the last 50 metres Alan got hit by a huge gust which capsized him and bent the boom nearly double, this allowed Paul to ease off and gain line honours in a hard fought victory, with Richard third and Alan having to retire.