The Fleet Returns Home!

Had a great breeze, so hopefully value-add training!

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Lay Day... Practice session!

Lay day here but as wetoured yesterday we are going out for a short session
today... A few other teams are doing the same. Nice breeze today as
well...

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More Photos from Tour

The Tour in Photos

The following are a few pictures from our tour in Langkawi.

Bernews update of Day 3 & 4. Racing resumes on Wednesday.

http://bernews.com/2011/01/optimist-worlds-sailing-day-3-4/

Day off Monday and Tuesday. More photos from Jan 1st.

Team Racing

The team started off the day paired with Greece. Team Bermuda managed to beat Greece comfortably which set the stage for a match-up against power house Singapore. Bermuda put up an excellent fight against Singapore and to be candid, at one point late in the race it actually looked like Bermuda was going to beat them…it was that close for the entire race but in the end, a few tactical errors proved to be the difference. In the third race Bermuda came up against Hong Kong. Bermuda got off to a good start with boats in first, second, fifth and seventh around the windward mark including a good overlap with the fourth HKG boat. Unfortunately, on the last upwind we lost a tactical advantage which ultimately signaled the end of our campaign. The sailors were a bit upset after reflecting on what could have been and knowing they should have beaten at least one of the two countries they came up against.

Tomorrow we’ll be going on a tour of the island. On Tuesday, which is the official spare day, the team will be training in the morning after which they will receive some downtime in preparation for the final three days of racing.

Day III

Note: We have been having internet issues hence the reason for this late update.

Day three of racing marked the beginning of the New Year and brought with it the hope of a new start to a new year. At race time, 10:00 AM , the wind was blowing flucturating between 6 and 16 knots, yes, it was fluctuating that much. In the first race of the day it was Ceci and Antonio kicking it off for Bermuda. Ceci had a good start to the race and when she reached the windward mark she was in the top thirty of the fleet and in the end clawed back a bunch of boats to finish 18^th. Antonio was once again late of the line which set-up the rest of his race with him ending up back of the fleet.

The second race featured Chase. Chase had a good start and was in the top twenty at the windward mark but unfortunately for him he was deemed OCS. In the third race, it was Sam and Makai. Sam had late start and was in lower half of the fleet at the windward mark but managed to pull back a few boats and finish in the high thirties. Makai got off to a good start and was middle of the fleet at the windward mark and managed to finish in the top twenty.

Coach Zizi summed up the day as follows…some of the sailor’s starts were better then before but the conditions continued to offer a challenge to all sailors. Coach Zizi felt that it was perhaps one of the hardest days of racing thus far owing to the wind, which was fluctuating so much that it would drop almost to zero knots and then come back up from a different direction. Also, there was the challenge of the current which was flowing in one direction causing boats to be pushed over the line then the current would change causing the sailors to have to sail into it (current).

Next up for Team Bermuda is the team racing.

Confirmed.. BER out

Close loss to HKG... Great sailing by the team.. Day off tomorrow !!

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Hmm

If we lost, I would have expected them to sail in... But they are not....
Maybe we won ? Sorry fans. Doing my best to figure it out for you... Stay
tuned

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Very close.. But I think HKG won...

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BER controls off the start..barely

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BER vs HKG getting ready to start...

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BER next match HKG

HKG beat RSA...

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SIN beats BER

Looked like 3,4,5,8 BER. Nice effort against a tough team..

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BER vs SIN on the course

SIN off to early lead it looks..

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View of race area

2 courses...BER on far course...

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Looks like BER over GRE

Hard to get exact pos form my vantage pt but I think we had a 1-2 and they
had 8. I calling BER as winner.... Apologies if wrong...
Ron

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BER sails against GRE first

Boats not launched yet

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Team Racing Today

Bermuda sailors are fired up to do well... And to ensure order is kept on
the course... See picture

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