Regatta Report
4/1/2006 - BOSW Day 1
Barcelona Race Week is a smaller regatta with only 29 teams in the 470
class, 19 men's teams, and 10 women's teams. We are racing as a single fleet
but are split in the scoring process.
Our first race was to start at 2 o'clock, so we had a leisurely morning in
front of us with time to check email and look over our boat. We launched
around 12.30 to be first out to the race course and with the other two US
teams, we began tuning up our speed, and getting familiar with the course
area for the day.
The first race began in 9-11 knots of wind, and we got a good start near the
pin. Our speed upwind was not great, but we were fast on the top reach
rolling over several boats, and gained distance downwind. The wind was dying
over the race, but we managed 10th place in the race.
After the first race the wind died entirely and refilled from the opposite
direction. Race two began in 10 knots of wind and upwind swells! We had a
poor start near the boat end but found a good exit, and shortly tacked back
to starboard. We locked into the upwind waves and found a high speed grove
upwind. We passed half the fleet back to round the first mark in 9th place.
We rolled two boats on the first reach leg, then passed two more on the
downwind. On the final downwind, we were well behind the leaders, but gained
tons of distance to finish 5th.
In Race 3, we had an excellent start in the middle of the line in 9 knots of
wind. We rode starboard tack most of the way left, tacked and ducked several
boats on our hip, and found an excellent speed mode higher than everyone
else. We rounded the first mark in 2nd place. We extended on the downwind,
but got mixed up in too many tacks on the next upwind. We finished the race
4th.
We are in a three way tie for 4th place and top American team! With the
scores so close, and nothing decided, racing will be exciting. There are
twelve races scheduled with two drops.
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