Teamrace Day 1

Part 1 

(Pictures coming later)

How to Win in Teamrace: The Team with less than 18 points wins. If both have 18 points, the one without first place wins.

Race 1 – Bermudas vs. Switzerland

The swiss have trouble managing the start. Wolf gets pushed all the way out to the left coming late to the start. Each one of the other SUI has a BER on the leeward side. Bermudas wins the start.

Beat one to the windward mark is a series of 1 vs 1 battles between the sailors

Big fight at the windward mark. Damian slips by as first. Followed by BER (2),  Wolf (3), Camillo (4), BER (5), BER (6), Phillippe (7), BER (8).  Switzerland is winning.

Camillo (3) and Wolf (4) switch places on the reach. Else not much happening. So far, so good.

Damian gets an (unjustified) protest. BER has now 2nd and 3rd place. A BER comes from behind on Wolf and overlapps on the leeward side.

Again the battle is on the 3rd mark. Camillo goes around first. Then Wolf, BER, BER, BER, BER, Damian, Philippe. Switzerland is losing, but it’s close.

Very hard to see anything on the second reach. My view angle is bad. (I’m standing in the water :) )

It looks like Wolf is in the lead now. Followed by Camillo and all the BER on the leeward side cowered. Phillippe and Damian coming in last, but close. SUI still losing.

Last beat to finish now. Damian manages to tack underneath a BER just after the Mark. Hard to see but Damian manages to catch up again and is 5 or 6 now. Great job. Few meters to finish now.
Damian wants to protest and lets his sail go. Jury shows green flag. Damian gets overtaken while protesting.

Switzerland loses first race.

The start was bad. They had trouble getting into the race. They sailed well on the two upwind legs, but lost a lot on the downwind. Sadly an error before the finishing line makes the swiss lose the first race and we drop to the loser bracket. This should have been the easiest opponent.

Sebi