A year or so ago I wrote about the up and up of the Cape 31 class and how it was taking the Solent racing scene by storm. A year later, and things are still looking good for this exciting 31ft sportsboat. It’s not just that it’s a great boat to sail, but the class managers Dave Swete and Dave Bartholomew made it their mission to look after the back end of the fleet. “Look after the bottom half of the fleet, and the front will look after itself,” is the old cliché that it’s sometimes too
