standings after Sunday's fitted dinghy racing in St George's Harbour.

The racing conditions, according to long time Victory campaigner Leatrice Roman, were "flookey'', which is just about typical for a 12-15 knot northerly breeze in St George's.

Fortunately on this day though, the weather behaved enough for the Race Committee to set two courses.

The day also proved a clean sweep of sorts for the Sandys Boat Club.

Somerset's favourite sailing son Peter Bromby took Port Royal's helm in place of the absent Willy White. Bromby won the first race, while fellow club member and childhood rival Martin Siese in Challenger won the other. A second place for Port Royal in that race made her high point boat for the day.

There were no real incidents to report save one in the second race, which saw Elizabeth forced to retire after hitting Victory while trying to overtake her as the two boats converged on the leeward mark.

It must have been a bitter pill to swallow for skipper Alan Powell, who had managed a second-place finish in the first race.

This rather draconian enforcement of the rules, however, may be changing.

There seems to be growing support within the Fitted Dinghy Association to allow the use of an on the water penalty, much like in `regular' fleet racing, rather than the present automatic dismissal from the race for any infringement of the rules.

This could not have been on the minds of Contest and her supporters on Sunday, however.

A string of breakdowns, some bad luck and a sinking puts even more pressure on skipper Martin Mello and his young crew as they attempt to catch Port Royal in the coming weeks.