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Credit: Well today didn’t start too well as when we arrived at our hire car ready to drive to the club we realised it had been broken into. Like I said….not a great start to the day! Luckily there wasn’t too too much taken, a couple of personal items, a bag with all our sailing shoes, gloves, spares and watches, and the spare wheel to the car.
Another morning slot for us today though so after begging and borrowing kit from others we headed out to the race course to complete the round robin. With clear sky, the breeze was lighter today but also the shiftiest I’ve sailed in for a while! Once ahead it was fairly easy to remain in control as you could make the best use of the shifts and pressure. This was good news for us in our first race against the Brazilian team however not such good news in our next two against Portugal and France. After looking in great shape with about 30 seconds until the start to go we weren’t quick enough to completely punish them and therefore lost control of them at start time. We tried everything in the book to pass, but frustratingly were not able to so unfortunately lost these two.
Finishing fourth after the round robin means tomorrow we will now sail the repechage (places 4th-7th) to fight for the final spot to join Italy, USA and France in the semi finals.
So not one of our best days but hopefully tomorrow will be better!
Tags: 2009, ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final, J/24, Porto Alegre
