Day 1 report

Day 1, A great start to the event. With three races completed. The first two races were run back to back. Race 1 was completed in about 10 to 14 knots. Most sailors chose to race on 11m as the forecast was for the wind to increase to about 20 knots. For race 2, the wind increased to about 18knots. Conditions were great, however the cloud cover suffocated the forecasted thermal which would have seen us racing in over 25 knots. Wind direction was quite stable, however port tack upwind runs were quite bumpy with some decent short steep voodoo chop to make things interesting.

After the second race, we were sent to the beach for lunch. During the break, a problem with the start boat had us waiting longer than expected to restart the racing. However. All the sailors were very good about the delay, and the mood on the beach was cool and calm. (Thanks for your understanding guys)

Once the boat was back in order, we had time for one last race. The wind strength however was getting lighter by the minute. The first half of the fleet managed to complete race three in super light winds. The second half of the fleet were floating off the plane for long periods of time, however a short puff of breeze came through and allowed most to finish inside the cutoff time.

Congratulations to our leaders LAT-23 Janis Preiss with three bullets. GRE-28 Nikolaos Scarlatos is in super form with three solid 2nds. And in third after 3 FRA-55 Loic Legallois with two 3rds and a 4th.