Regatta Report
4/10/2006 - Princess Sophia Qlf Day 2
Day 2 brought excellent breeze in the high teens practically all day.
We made a bad decision at the beginning of the day and went out with the first heat to help our training partners tune up. After helping them and watching them race we sat on the water for 2 hours before our first race.
Race 1 was quite windy. We are not sure of the velocity but it was up there. Our upwind speed was again the limiting factor to a good finish. Our downwinds were quite well and we always gained. We finished the first race with an 18th.
Race 2 our highlight was our starts. Our first start (although general recalled) we used our quick tacks to win the pin end. As for the real start we started in the middle of the line on port under a black flag and made it. Unfortunately our upwind speed wasn’t where we needed it to be again after some changes and we finished 19th.
Race 3 was our highlight. The wind shifted hard right before the start and we were able to set up our gear for the new conditions in flat water. After a great mid line start we charged all the way left after several boats crossed us from the left side. We found a huge left shift and puff to help us out. We rounded the top mark around 8th and managed the traffic well on the reach to extend to a 5th. At a moment we briefly fell back to 6th, but we used our downwind speed to catch them back to finish 5th.
After the day we are standing 24th. Tomorrow is the last day of qualifying and we hope to qualify for gold fleet.
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