Regatta Report
5/11/2006 - Day 2 ISAF Games
Our second Day at the ISAF World Games brought more shifty winds and less
velocity in the puffs. We sailed outer loop trapezoid courses with 2 extra
laps on the outer loop.
At the start of the first race we were out of position; on port tack near
the middle of the line. The wind was shifting heavily, and it was the best
we could do to stay on the lifted tack, when the whole fleet was trying to
do the same in front of us. We were near last place at the reach mark, and
we needed to hit some major shifts to get back in it. *We passed several
boats on the run, then on the next upwind picked up about ten places when we
hooked into a big left shift. On the next downwind we passed another five
boats, and by the finish we had come back to 4th place!*
In Race 2 we got a great start near the starboard end of the line, and
sailed on the hip of the fleet until a left shift came and we all tacked. We
were looking top 3 as the wind started to shift back right, but then we all
got slammed by a giant left shift. We rounded the top mark in 8th place and
stayed there all race to the finish.
We are in 4th place and hope to keep posting top finishes, so we will be in
the top 20 who qualify for the finals series.
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