It is a cool and wet one... It has been raining non-stop for the last 8 hours and the forecast is for more rain all day long. The wind is around 15-25 knots and 2 to 3 meter waves. Not much fun... Hopefully, racing will be...
After 3.5 hours of waiting ashore due to poor visibility, rain and strong winds (up to 32 knots), conditions improved and RC decided to take the sailors out on the water around 2 PM. There were 3 races sailed today in 8-22 knots of shifty offshore breeze mainly from the S-SW. It was another long day. Sailors came back ashore around 7 PM. Starts and finishes are proving to be a major problem for Team Canada. While starts have improved for most sailors since the championship started, many of our sailors are losing 10-15 places within the last 100-150 meters of the finish line as the fleet bunches up to finish... In a competitive regatta like this, good finishes are just as important as good starts. Our sailors clearly need much more large, competitive fleet racing experience. Physical fitness is also proving to be important in this championship.
Tomorrow is the last day. The awards and closing ceremony will follow racing.
After 11 races, Reece is 102nd, Julien is 161st, Doug is 188th, Andrew is 193rd and Derin is 196th. All in all, not a great day for Team Canada... The highlight of the day was a 13th place finish by Reece in race # 9.
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