Orange Bowl – Day 3, December 29, 2009
The sailors here are grateful for the breeze of the past two days. The 420 and Opti courses have gotten in eight races, taking full advantage of the 10-15 knots. Today the breeze died for about an hour in the late morning but rolled back in strongly from the northwest for the rest of the afternoon. Conditions were shifty but seemed to solidify as the pressure continued to build.
In the Optimist Class, after nine races the top places are held by Javier Arribas, Sinclair Jones, and Christopher Williford in first, second and third respectively. Javier has made an impressive performance with all top three finishes except for one race in which he was over early. Luckily, with six races already completed, he will be able to drop that OCS.
The Laser course has only been able to complete seven races so far but they have been very competitive. In the full rig class, only one point separates Andrew Fox, John Wallace, and Ricardo Montemayor in the top spots. The same is true for Stefano Mazzaferro and Mateo Vargas in the radial class and Just Van Aanholt and Maximilian Stein in the 4.7 class. Tomorrow will be the deciding day for all of them so the pressure’s on!
The 420 classes have put the wind to good use and have now finished 10 full races. Morgan Kiss and Katia DaSilva are leading the I420 class closely followed by Raul Rios and Rogelio Fernandez. Today Graham Landy and Colin Murphy overtook former leaders Chris and Daniel Segerblom in the club 420 class but competitive racing sure to come tomorrow could change the standings. To see full results and further regatta information, go to:
http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/index.cfm?menu=7560