Race 5 A 16-20 knot northerly greeted the Sail Melbourne B14 fleet this morning for the 5th & 6th races. The first race started at 930am in a steep chop that had built up overnight over the length of Port Phillip Bay. Tim Fells & Dave Cunningham again got the best of the start with best placed Australian boat, sailed by Guy & Rhys Bancroft, having to return to the start after crossing prematurely. Fells/Cunningham (UK) led to the first mark followed by Richie Reynolds/Lissa McMillan (AUS) and Paul Hansen/James Ellis (AUS). Hansen/Ellis closed the gap on Reynolds/McMillan downwind passing them at the bottom mark by carrying a better angle into the mark. The places remained as is for the next lap with Ellis/Hansen managing to take the lead upwind the last time. However, it was short lived with Fells/Cunningham getting the jump again downwind. The Bancroft team recovered from their restart to gradually climb back up through the fleet with exceptional downwind speed. Reynolds/McMillan proved to be one of several boats deemed OCS.

Final places were; 1 Fells/Cunningham (UK), 2 Hansen/Ellis (AUS), 3 Bancroft/Bancroft (AUS), 4 Richardson/Richardson (AUS), 5 Ray/Wells (AUS)