Thursday, June 9, 2011

Thur. June 9 - Day 4 S4G

Today we had a better day of racing. No equipment breakdowns or capsizing (at least while racing!). We had two races; the first in 12-15 the second in 15+ knots. The first race we had a not so great start and went left, as the wind was predicted to shift left. This was a mistake. We came back into the top third surrounded by really good teams so we thought it might be okay but then the whole fleet crossed in front! We had a good downwind and picked up several boats on the upwind. The last downwind we second-guessed the game plan and lost some boats. The next race we decided to set up early - none of this coming in late and starting second row. We found a hole and managed to defend it and had a wicked start. The pin was favored and the left was looking good for about 5 minutes. Then more pressure came down the right side. It was interesting to watch the race again on TracTrac you can see the boats on the right hand side just suddenly go faster. Although we finished at the back again in this race, it felt like a really good race. We made good tactical decisions, were paying attention to the wind and were very fast upwind. We also stuck to our game plan and had a good start. Tomorrow we will try and do it all again in the last two races before the medal race on Saturday.

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