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Road to Nowhere on Day 2… »
July 17, 2010
With another 1230 start scheduled on Day 2, we found our selves searching for shade once again as the Southerly took longer than expected to kick in. As we huddled under an umbrella at Fraglia Vela Malcesine, the good news for the day is that the forecast high was down to 91. The bad news was at 11:30, it was already 94.
Day 2 would be a very average day for the Samba team. Just as yesterday when the breeze filled it looked like it would be very fresh. Once we got to the starting area, the breeze had clearly backed and we decided to go with our light air settings. We did a good job of getting off the starting line and picking our lanes on the first up wind legs, but as we would find out, we did not do nearly a good enough job of committing to a side and making it work, regardless of the angle it took to get there. A few boats with just plain bad starts, even luffing and going backwards, would clear out on port tack, hit the right corner and find themselves winning at the top mark. We had often talked about the right being favored, but playing the shifts on the right side did not get the job done, we needed to be more aggressive about being the first boat to a side.
As it stands now, the Samba is tied for 7th place and 14 pts out of first. Seeing what happened today with boats rounding the top mark in last and finishing the race in 3rd, anything is possible. Our goal for tomorrow is to make a game plan and stick to it regardless of what it takes to get it done. 2 more races are scheduled tomorrow with an 830 am warning for the first race to take advantage of the remaining northerly.
Results here.
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