Due to difficult light weather conditions preventing some of the entered yachts to reach Inhaca Island, the yachts on the start line had been reduced from 16 to 7 yachts.

The briefing and briefing party held the night before the start was done in the normal Inhaca Island style with lots of Seafood and 2M beer consumed which was supplied by the legend Lucas's Restaurant, with some of the crews partying late into the night.

Due to the tide conditions it was decided to bring the start forward from 10h00 to 08h00 on Friday the 25 March 2005.

The weather leading up to the start was out the norm with very light South Westly winds blowing three to four days before the start.

As a result the race started in a light South Westly winds and the light winds were to remain all through the race. Many times with no winds at all saw the fleet drifting on the ocean in all directions waiting for the wind. As a result of the light winds the crews found time to sleep and lay around hoping for the North Eastly winds to fill in hoping to pop out the spinnakers and enjoy an exhilarating ride home. This however did not happen and the spinnakers remained in the sail bags in the sail lockers for the entire race with the now bored crews wandering if they would meet the cut off time of 12h00 on Sunday.

These light South Westly winds are not normal for this part of our coast and this race is known for its fresh to strong North Eastly and South Westly winds but this year for the first time the weather conditions were vastly from the norm.

The yacht Fast 42 SKITZO skippered by Leo Kroone sporting a No 1 light Genoa got away along the coast followed closely by the newly launched Fast 42 MOQUINI skippered by Sheldon Dickenson and with the "I CARE" development team of previously disadvantaged South Africans crewing in their first major ocean race. These two yachts battled it out at the front of the fleet and were in the right place at the right time finding the light land breeze at night to give SKITZO line honours followed by MOQUINI about 90 minutes later. The balance of the fleet sitting out there with long periods of no wind finished long after the first two boats with one yacht taking 9 hours to complete the last 20 miles of very frustrating sailing.

The coast route seemed to pay off again if you were very close to the coast as a light land breeze came through and the couple of yachts that went out to sea bobbed all night awaiting the winds with no current or little current in the wrong direction.

The record for this race is just under 26 hours and SKITZO finished first in just over 37 hours and over 11 hours outside the record.

The prize giving was held at the Zululand Yacht Club and was well supported by the finishing yachts and crews.

The final positions were as follows.

Line Honours: Skitzo a Fast 42 skippered by Leo Kroone

PHRF Mono hull:
1st Skitzo a Fast 42 skippered by Leo Kroone.
2nd Moquini a Fast 42 skippered by Sheldon Dickenson.
3rd Myot a Stadt 40 skippered by Peter Dearling.
4th Nemisis a Fast 42 skippered by Peter Van Breda.
5th Zeus a Fast 42 skippered by Don Voysey.

PHRF Multi hull:
1st Chadstar a Dragon Fly skippered by Arlet.

IRC Class:
1st Skitzo a Fast 42 skippered by Leo Kroone.

A big thank you to the main sponsors and the race organisers.

Title sponsor. Macs Shipping.
Clothing sponsor: TSS Electrical.
Medal sponsor: Planet Communications.
Sponsored prizes: Stonecor Africa.