Day V of Racing 5 January 2011

It was back to Championship racing and what a day it was. The wind was blowing a steady 11 to 14 knots and at times was reaching as much as 17 knots. In the first race of the day it was Sam and Ceci leading the charge for Bermuda. Sam did not get off the line albeit Ceci did  had a good start. Both Sam and Ceci rounded the windward mark in the top thirty; but in the end both had mixed results as Sam ended up in the high teens whilst Ceci ended back of the fleet. In the second race it was Makai and Chase. Makai rounded the windward mark in the top twenty but had been deemed OCS resultinig in a score equal to the fleet. Chase, who got off to a late start, rounded the windward mark in the top forty but finished back of the fleet. In the third race of the day, Antonio was featured by himself. Antonio continued to struggle to find any sort of form and found himself mid fleet at the windward mark and back of the fleet at the end.

In the second round of racing, it was Ceci and Chase leading off for Bermuda. Ceci got off to an excellent start whilst Chase got off to a good start. At the windward mark both sailors were sitting near the back of the fleet and did not make any significant gains throughout the rest of the race. In the second group, it was Sam and Antonio. Nether sailor managed to get off to a good start. Both sailors had a challenging windward leg, rounding the mark near the back of the fleet. Unfortunately not much changed for them as they ended mid to back of the fleet with only a few boats separating them at the finish. In the third race, it was Makai leading the charge. Makai got off to a good start and was well placed at the windward mark where he rounded the mark in the top twenty. This patterned remained the same around the course as he ended up in the top twenty.

During the final round of racing both Sam and Ceci lead the procession off for Bermuda.  Sam got off to a bad start but was able to claw back a bunch of boats and was well placed in the high teens at the windward mark whilst Ceci, who also had a bad start, rounded windward mark back of the fleet. During the last up wind Sam wasn’t able to maintain his placing in the teens and slipped back to place in the early twenties. Ceci wasn’t able to make any inroads and ended up back of the fleet.

In the second race it was Chase and Antonio. Antonio had a reasonable start and rounded the windward mark in the top twenty whilst Chase, who had a late start, rounded the windward mark mid fleet. In the end Antonio lost a few boats on the last up wind and had to settle for a top thirty finish whilst Chase finished in the high thirties.

In the last race of the day it was Makai. Makai got off to a good start and managed to round the windward Mark in the top twenty and on the last upwind Makai managed to pull back a few boats to finish in the mid teens.

Coach Zizi summoned up the day as being a good day for the team as they were more aggressive on the line. The wind was good, albeit still a bit shifty, and compared to other days, the current was stronger.  Despite the mixed results our sailors remain in good spirits.