Daily Reports

Day 2 – April 14, 2005

Conditions: Light air

Today's weather was similar to Day 1  but with no fog.  The day began with  5-7 knot breezes, the wind built throughout the day so by fourth race, it was blowing 14 -15 knots and sailors were out trapezing.  The breeze then dropped to 8 -12 knots for last race. John Williams reports that the racing is very tight with boats finishing within 3.5 minutes of each other. The other dynamic that is in play is the new boat rotation which means that the sailors are sailing on a different boat every race.

Greg Thomas and Jacques Bernier are the clear leaders at this point in the championship and they are also the most experienced Hobie Tiger sailors in the country. However competition for second and third is very tight with only three points separating the fifth and second place boats. Yesterday, the  team of Stan Schreyer and Jonathan Farrar  in Race 4A discovered they'd been dragging a garbage bag on the daggerboard.  The result was they had a disappointing finish but bounced back with a first to get back into contention for today's racing. 

The forecast for Day Three - more light air.

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