The second round of the Welsh leg from the 2010 National Zapcat Championship takes us to Barry Island, a new venue last year, and proved very popular with the racers with a lovely beach, great spectator vantage points, and a mix of racing conditions with hopefully beach starts also making a return for the teams.

Arriving early on the Friday afternoon a flat and calm North Wales looked far from the expected chop expected. The stronger winds and swell hadn’t materialised, and the wind farm was still in the distance.

With the speed seen from Bladerun in Edinburgh, particularly Blue Sheets 1 were looking forward to their more favourable choppy conditions where team work and driving are more important than outright speed.