Regatta Report
4/27/2006 - Day 5 Hyeres
The 5th day of racing was our final on the water at Hyeres. The top ten
overall will race in the Medal Race, but are too far out in the point
spread. We are however, only 20 points out of the top 15, and could move up
a lot with two good races.
We arrived at our morning briefing ready to race, but were dismayed, when we
heard that the forecast was for winds too light to race all day. We waited
on land for some time, until a small pressure cell brought moderate winds.
The race committee decided to go for it. By the time all the boats made it
out to the course, and the course was set the breeze had lightened
substantially. We started at the committee boat and were the first boat to
tack out right toward an approaching rain cloud. We thought we had made a
smart play because every other boat in the fleet tacked to port as well. But
as we sailed the wind got lighter, and lighter, until we were completely
becalmed and the whole fleet sailed over us. We were tragically far behind
the leaders. Then, when the fleet was halfway down the run, the race
committee decided to abandon the race for unsuitable racing conditions. What
a relief!
We finished in 25th place overall. A day later, we drove the US Sailing Team
car and trailer to Vienna, Austria and, from Vienna, we flew home to catch
up with other half of our lives if only for a week.
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