So long Garda!

The Opti World Championships has come to a close.

Official Results below.

Chase was our top Bermudian ( 111th place) folllowed by the youngest member of our team, Campbell ( 113). Mikey finished up at 120th, Ceci at 123rd and Benn at 130th place.

Unfortunately the race committee was only able to finish race 9 from the previous day ( for fleets that were not able to sail) and complete race 10 for all fleets

The team sailed extremely well for the conditions and , although there were some disappointments , they all had a great time in Garda!

After all the packing up of boats etc we were able to get our for a quick dinner to celebrate Benn's birthday and then rushed off to the prize giving which was followed by trading on a grand scale. The team all came out with a bagful of trades!

Home today for some of us .....Ceci & Mikey will stay on in Garda and join up with the Open Bic team to sail in the open world championships .Campbell flys on to Scotland to meet up with the Bermuda team for the Uk Nationals. Benn and Chase start their Byte training and prepare to jet off to Newport in August for the Byte Worlds....hoping to qualify Bermuda for a spot at the Youth Olympics next year in China.

Julie and Tim will sign off on their duties as TL and CR...job well done!

Coach Martin will stay briefly in Bermuda and then return home to Argentina for some well deserved family time.

Arrivderci from Garda....


http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2498.pdf


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Final day of racing AND Benn's 14th birthday!

The team was up a little earlier for breakfast and to sing happy birthday to Benn....he was mortified!

An earlier start today as the race committee will try to finish race 9 yesterday for the blue, red and green fleets before they attempt to start today's scheduled races.

Race 9 was scheduled for noon with the blue ( Benn) fleet from yesterday...followed by red ( Mikey) then green( Ceci and Campbell) .

Lets hope for some good wind to finish this regatta on a high!

Fleets for last race day...

Yellow- Ceci & Mikey
Blue- Chase
Red- Campbell
Green - Benn


http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-color-f2493.pdf


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Well a stronger Ora came in today but unfortunately did not last....

All the fleets got through one of their races ....with the yellow fleet starting a second one of the day but no scores recorded as of yet so may have been abandoned.

Up and down for team BER today....

Chase is still leading the Bermuda team standing 83 overall with a 19 today.

Ceci had a tough day today with a 45 finish in race 8 to drop down to 111th overall

Benn has moved up the board today with an impressive 5th place today to bring him up to 130 place.

Campbell recorded a 47 finish today of to sit him in 135 place overall

Mikey finished 34th today which stands him at 160 place overall.




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Race 8 first of the day and the promised Ora finally has made an appearance

Chase 20
Benn 5
Mikey 3
Ceci 33
Campbell 34

Unofficial

Yellow fleet started race 9

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Sailwave results for OPTIMIST WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 at Lake Garda, Italy 2013

Fleets for tommorrow....

Yellow- Chase
Blue - Benn
Red - Mikey
Green- Ceci & Campbell


http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-color-f2486.pdf


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Sailwave results for OPTIMIST WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 at Lake Garda, Italy 2013

After a long postponement they finally sent the boats out at around 2. The committee was only able to get off one race due to light shifty winds.

Another tough day for the team
Results below.....

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2484.pdf

Chase is still top Bermudian at 87th overall with a 21st in today's race.
Next up is Ceci holding 100 th place with a 46 in today's racing.
Campbell is in 117 th posting a 13th place in today's race
Benn has climbed up the board today to 154 with a 26th finish
Mikey has also climbed up to a 159 posting a 37 today.

We are still waiting ( as are many other teams) for that promised strong wind of Riva.
We will see what the last 2 days of racing will bring us.

Tonight was the kids social... With the club hosting a " Nutella Party" ....which was just that.....we did have to stop for pizza take out on the way back to the hotel as the Nutella did not classify as dinner with the team .....any excuse for pizza!

Early to bed for a ( hopefully ) full day of racing tommorrow!



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Postponement flag up....waiting for wind to come in

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Fleets for today's racing

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-color-f2478.pdf

Benn and Campbell in Blue
Chase and Mikey in Red
Ceci in Green

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Top of Mount Baldo

Day off of racing today and team BER went canyoning!

The team was up at 8 am to spend the morning hiking, sliding down waterfalls ,absailing down rock faces and jumping into mountain water pools.

A quick lunch at ( Yet another) pizza cafe and then off to ride a cable car to the top of Mount Baldo in Malcesine . The stunning views with cooler temperatures made a wonderful end to the " rest day".

Early nights tonight and back to fleet racing tommorrow.

Lets pray for the strong steady breeze that Lake Garda is know for and some good results for our sailors,

Updates through the day tommorrow.

A mime we happened upon on our way to dinner!

Today the team decided that even though they did not make it through to Day 2 of team racing they would show some support. A paddle boat was rented and they spend most of the afternoon spectating the team racing. SIN was victorious against ITA in the final .

We decided to head into the old town for dinner and Campbell found us a great pizzaria on the square. Had a great dinner and the kids hung out in the square with a few other teams...then we headed back ( after a gelato stop!)

Early morning tommorrow . Its the spare day and the team is going canyoning!

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Team BER headIg out to watch some team racing today.

Today's team racing flights

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-doc-f2455.pdf


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Yesterday's team racing results

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2454.pdf


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After waiting through postponements for lack of wind and then mark issues team racing finally began
First up for Team BER was NOR .
The team lost this flight so were then paired with BUL which we won .
The wind died for the next pairing with Greece.
After having a great start a few mistakes at the top mark made the race tight with capsizing boats and upwind -with no wind - allowed Greece to win by one point so unfortunately Team BER will not advance into tommorrows racing.

The team did a great job though and will take tommorrow as a day to relax and spectate the finals of the team racing.




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No results yet from team racing but boats are coming in and BER is still out there....always a good sign!

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Showing off their shirts!