The youth team smiling after a very good result (sail / boat number 2).
Here you see them dueling with Lovell/lovell (sail / boat number 3)
A shake up in the score sheet.
Team Pierce/Spina fall back a long way in the overall scoring. The were unlucky to score a 9th in race 5A with a follow-up 14 in 6B, this means they stay in the B fleet for race 7 with an 11th as the lowerst possible score. This means that their score after 7 races will at least be 31, with the result of race 6B (14th) striken of the record.
They were at 11 points overall after 5 races and will at least be at 31 after 7 races and that is a big hit. It will most likely place them out of contention for the two 3 spots.
But the dominance of Team John^2 is waining. Team Tomko had been leading them in to previous races and now in race 5A they have score a 4th position. The other crews seem to get comfortable on the boats and with the winds being a little lighter (8 knots) they are directly challenging team John^2.
Biggest attention grabber are the youth sailors out there. See picture. They have won race 5A, with Ken Marshack and Mike Siau second and the olympic slot Lovell/Lovell at 3rd. John Casey and John William were 4th in that race.
The youth Team Luke Lawrence / Caroline Wright will most likely hold 4th spot overall after race 6 has been completed and they are back in contention.
So one team goes for a big drop while another team makes a sudden high flyer.
Welcome to Alter Cup multihull sailing !
Wouter