Heat 5,6,7 update
Light non foiling conditions once again dominated for the morning heat 5. I was off to a good start, but lost out on the left hand side of the course along with Dave as others foiled in more pressure on the right.
I reckon this was the most frustrating race so far. The breeze seemed to be coming from every direction in gusts that would last 15seconds making picking the right spot to be in more good luck than anything else. I fell from 7th to 2oth in one work and came back to about12th before falling out of pressure while foiling and alowing lowriders to sneak past to finish 22nd. Aghh..
The winner of the race was Simon.
So with 2 afternoon races to be sailed, I hoped for my 15kn and flat water. Well, I finally got it! I had a good start on port and rounded the top mark in 5th. Downwind I gained and was now in touch with the leaders. This is more like it, I should have been here all regatta…. Up the last work i picked up a nice lift on the left side androunded the top mark in 1st. Dave chased hard on the downwind leg, but I came 1st by 20 seconds.
Heat 7 was another good one. I spent most of the race in 5th untill I hooked a lump of weed on my rudder. Most people managed to get some on their foils that afternoon, and if you did you were out of it. I slipped to 7th up the last work, but gained on Scott once the weed fell off and crossed the line in 6th. Simon won again with Nathan in 2nd and Dave in 3rd.
So with a good day yesterday I’m now in 10th. The 22nd and 19th are really hurting my standings, but I’m happy to have won a race at least.
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