The first race of the season started with next to no wind. After a very slow lap of the short course the wind picked up a bit, but in constantly changing directions enabling a second lap, with virtually all boats taking a turn in leading until the next shift changed the order again.
| Boat | PY | Corrected time | Start time | Finish time | Elapsed time | Place | |||
| Shearwater | 1118 | 01:27:19 | 10:15:00 | 11:52:37 | 01:37:37 | 1 | |||
| Pyewacket | 1127 | 01:31:54 | 10:15:00 | 11:58:34 | 01:43:34 | 2 | |||
| Jeddo | 1026 | 01:35:16 | 10:15:00 | 11:52:45 | 01:37:45 | 3 | |||
| Cognitus | 1026 | 01:41:33 | 10:15:00 | 11:59:11 | 01:44:11 | 4 | |||
| Spindrift | 1077 | 01:42:37 | 10:15:00 | 12:05:31 | 01:50:31 | 5 | |||
| Weather
Cloud/Sun S-SW 1-4 2 laps short course |
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