Regatta Report
6/20/2006 - Final Day Europeans
Sunday, the 470 European Championships concluded in an anti climax for our
fleet.
Saturday was like most other days this last week: no wind until noon, then
just enough to sail one race. We finished 6th place in this race, but still
we have to count a false start disqualification in our overall series score.
We were in 41st overall.
On Sunday, the top ten teams in the overall standings raced a medal race
which is weighted in the scoring as 1.5 times a normal race, and is
non-discardable (normally a team can discard one or two of their worst
finishes in the series). A French team won this race, and also claimed the
European Championship.
Teams not in the top ten were divided into three fleets also based on
overall series standing. We were placed in top 33% group and with points so
close, we could move up fifteen places with a good race. Wind was 7-8 knots,
but dark clouds were looming over the right side of the course. We got an ok
start near the committee boat, and a bunch of boats from the pin could cross
us before we could tack to port. We were pointing high and going fast and
rounded the first mark in 2nd place. We passed the leader on the run, but
lost 2 places early in the next upwind leg when the wind began to
destabilize. The wind then died completely, and the race was abandoned with
one leg to go. Bummer for us! We remain 41st place.
For complete results check out: http://www.470euro.com/results/
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