Another really long day here in Spain getting on the water at 1045 am and off at 7 pm. We had to wait for the wind again to fill here in Palma. I had a 1st and a 5th in the races today!! This was a solid day and currently puts me in 5th overall. Tomorrow will be the first day of Gold Finals where all the top sailors will be in one fleet. This will make the competition very close and hard and we are looking forward to the challenge as the points are very close and leave a lot to be decided over the next few days.
We feel really good about today's results. In the first race I was able to get clear off the line and hit the shifts perfect up the 1st beat to round in 2nd. I passed the boat in the lead on the first downwind and was able to extend from there to take the race win!! Huge confidence booster!!
In the second race the fleet was really pushing the line hard and I did not want to risk being over the line. 12 boats ended up getting a Black Flag on the start, but by not pushing hard I did not start as well as I would have liked. I was able to clear out pretty quickly and sailed a good race to finish 5th. There were a lot of big shifts and pressure differences in the race so we were happy to take a solid result in the race.
The next two days will be very important to see how we race against everyone in the Gold Final as the final placings will really start to take shape!!
Zach
We feel really good about today's results. In the first race I was able to get clear off the line and hit the shifts perfect up the 1st beat to round in 2nd. I passed the boat in the lead on the first downwind and was able to extend from there to take the race win!! Huge confidence booster!!
In the second race the fleet was really pushing the line hard and I did not want to risk being over the line. 12 boats ended up getting a Black Flag on the start, but by not pushing hard I did not start as well as I would have liked. I was able to clear out pretty quickly and sailed a good race to finish 5th. There were a lot of big shifts and pressure differences in the race so we were happy to take a solid result in the race.
The next two days will be very important to see how we race against everyone in the Gold Final as the final placings will really start to take shape!!
Zach
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