The race ended in a tie between Sandra Askew’s USA-flagged team Flying Jenny, and Niall Dowling and his Arabella team.
In the Flying 15 class, Rupert Mander’s Men Behaving Badly won the opening race, ahead of Rob Goddard’s Over the Moon.
Tom Rose’s Beneteau Oceanis 37 C’est Si Bon, meanwhile, took an overnight lead in the Weekend Warrior Cup.
The following day, racing for all classes was abandoned on account of the weather.
“We knew the weather window for racing was pretty narrow,” said regatta director Laurence Mead.
“We often lose a day in Cowes Week with too much or too little wind.”
But there was an air of excitement for day three, and some early morning drizzled failed to dampen the spirits of competitors.
Onshore there was a parade featuring HM Royal Marines, and on the water Per Roman and his team on JPK 1180 Garm won the IRC 1 Class, denying Alex and Andy Moore’s Beneteau First 40 Tilt.
IRC Class 5 produced one of the best spectacles of the day, as a fine display of tactical racing saw Ian Handley and his family team aboard the 1996 Mustang 30 Mk2 Banter win the Dawson Trophy.
In the Performance Cruiser A Class, Chris Cecil-Wright and his well-seasoned team aboard the Nicholson 1970-built Bermudian 55 achieved their first win of the week, beating Andy Robinson’s X 4.3 Xcapade.
Jennifer Hinkel’s Sunsail Solaris – California Luffin team, meanwhile, won The Sunsail 41 – pipping Jon Nabney’s Southampton Sailing Week.
The team from C’est Si Bon, in Club Cruiser C, was presented with the Weekend Warrior Cup.
Celebrations started early the next day, as Sandra Askew and team on Flying Jenny dominated the Cape 31 Class, taking the overall trophy.
In the J/70 Class, it was all to play for, with Martin Dent on Jelvis, and Jelly Fish, sailed by Finley Adam Dickinson, both tasting victory.
But the overall star of the show was Paul Ward’s Eat, Sleep J Repeat team, who ended the series in first place overall.
Alistair Barter and Richard Bailey in Bertie won the Sonar Class, and Eldred and Mark Himsworth, and Roger Shapland’s Drumbeat won the Contessa 32.
In the 14-strong IRC3 fleet, the points margin was slim, but John Smart’s J/109 Juke Box took top spot, ahead of Ed Mockridge’s Elaine Again, while Gavia Wilkinson-Cox and her all-star crew aboard Jerboa were victorious in the Dragon Class.
With a Met Office yellow weather warning for high winds coming into effect on Wednesday, all racing was cancelled.
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