Weather is definitely not cooperating in Napier... It was cool and cloudy again with very little breeze. The usual sea breeze is not developing because it is cloudy and cool. Since we arrived in Napier 10 days ago, we had only 2-3 days of sun and mostly rain and clouds. We are seeing very poor conditions for a world championship. The forecast is not promising either.
There was maybe 4 to 6 knots of breeze today. Wind was all over the place. Kids went out on the water at 10:35 AM and came back around 3:30 PM. They were only able to sail 1 race in very light wind and in less than ideal conditions. The sailors waited around for a few hours after the first race. The race committee finally called the day off as sailors cheered. Most of them were ready to go back ashore...
This was another rough day for the Canadian sailors. Derin was having a great race and he was in the top 15 around the first few marks. He dropped a few spots in the final upwind leg but finished well. Unfortunately, he was OCS and he was disqualified. Julien had the best finish of the day at 33rd. Andrew was 50th, Reece was 55th and Doug was 68th.
Overall results after 6 races are: Reece is 90th, Julien is 171st, Doug is 185th, Andrew is 189th and Derin is 198th.
Many of the other top sailors also had bad results today. It seems that the race committee is trying hard to make up lost races in less than ideal conditions. Out of the 6 races sailed so far, only 3 races were in good conditions. The rest were in very light wind with fluky conditions...
Tomorrow, the team racing starts. Canada is racing Belgium in round one. If Canada wins, we will race against the winner of India vs China.
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