Well, we were out there as well, just sailing in front of the nosediving Nacra F18, downwind without the chute up! Winds at that time were about 25 knots pretty consistent, however a little later when we hit the finish line and reached for Gilberts it was a little more so topping some 28 knots (32 mph). The pictures don´t show that all but the "submarining" TIGER 1452 gives an impression on how much wind was there. On IWINDSURF you find the readings for Molassas Reef (attached Pic), which is 10 NM South of where we sailed. There we had around 30 plus miles at 1300 local, which means that we had the wind increased at around 1200. That was about last race, it then increased more around the finish time of the last race/ heading for the beach.
