Sunday, October 26, 2008

19 knots was fun....


By Paul Cayard Team El Desafio - TP52 Worlds

Up and down day today for El Desafio. The wind was 20 to 25 knots from the North and shifty for a change.

The short story is in the first race we had a bad start and could not get in phase and finished 12th. In the second race we had a great start, stayed in phase and won! Consistency! Not at all. But it did feel good to win the last race of the season and the long race, both in big San Francisco breeze! Good to see that my roots haven't left me.

Planing downwind at a steady 19 knots was fun.

Quantum sailed better than ever and won the regatta without sailing the last race. Mutua hung on to second overall despite getting two 9ths today. And Platoon finished strong to take 3rd place away from Artemis by 0.25 of a point.

Puerto Calero, Lanzarote and Jose Calero and his family... all number 1's in my book. I'll come back for sure.

Top 5:1. Quantum2. Mutua Madrilena3. Platoon4. Artemis5. Matador
El Desafio 7th. For complete scores and more information go to:www.tp52worldchampionship.com/ultimanoticia.php

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