Updated scores are up:
http://f16worlds2014.org/assets/F16%20Worlds%20Results%202.pdfRedress given to Robert Brunger due to damage sustained in a collision with another boat.
Four more races today, quite shifty and challenging for all. Somewhat lighter breeze, with enough puffs and shifts to keep everyone on their toes.
Regarding all of the alphabet soup, paraphrasing the very wise class leadership, the first rule about Fight Club is...
Suffice it to say, challenging conditions have caused a number of breakdowns, both physically and mentally.
Two days in, two rescue swimmers needed to help right boats (one was a local Hobie 16 sailor, friend of mine). Lots of cool wipeouts, and some separated crews. A great job by all of the RC boats keeping up with the mayhem. Several competitors who were done yesterday came out in wetsuits to help on RC boats today.
There are two great coaches who are also invaluable this week: Jill Nickerson and her team from Red Gear Racing, and Jim Zellmer who is currently coaching in Sarasota, but has been a longtime racer in New England.
For the past two days, a rather large (moored) tanker has taken some options away regarding course length (and affecting number of laps). Jeff thinks sailing around this thing is fun, no one followed... It's scheduled to depart in about an hour from now, shouldn't be a problem on Thursday.
Forecast is a bit dicey (rain/lightning), we'll see how it shapes up in the morning. We've had one sailor in the group actually ask/beg us to go to five races per day yesterday and today to get ahead of schedule for the pending weather. She was the only competitor who felt that way...
Eight races completed. Seven more races in the schedule. They get another discard after one more race.
Apologies for not posting live updates from the water. We've had our hands full, and are fully committed to the quality of the races.
Mike
