RC44 Sweden Cup - Match Racing
17 August 2011
Good sailing conditions were served up today for the first day of racing
here in Sweden...11-16 knots and an oscillating breeze from 170-210. Skies
were over cast and even some rain this morning.
Seven flights were held but for most that means four races and the fleet has
now grown to 16 boats and only 10 (5 pairs) can race at a time.
Katusha and Artemis Racing had average days each scoring 2 win and 2
losses. The two wins for Katusha were enough to move her into second place
in the Match Racing standings for the season after ORACLE Racing had a bad
day with just 1 win. Artemis Racing won the "inter-family" derby.
Onboard Katusha, Jonas (our pit man) was down with a back injury. So we
brought in a new recruit in the form of Danny Cayard. He filled in as
offside tailer alongside Robbie "Battler" Naismith. It was a lot of fun to
race with my son..something I will never forget.
I won't go into all the details of the racing but suffice it to say there
were some things we could have done better.
The big winner of the day was Islas Canarias with 4 wins and many teams on 3
wins: AEZ, No Way Back Synergy, Peninsula Petroleum, Cereef, Team Aqua and
Nikka.
Tomorrow the fleet racing is starting and our skipper Gennadi is in town and
ready to go.
For complete results go to www.rc44.com
Paul
© Dan Ljungsvik
_Artemis Racing is the Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup which
will take place in September 2013 in San Francisco. The Swedish team
represents the KSSS/Royal Swedish Yacht Club and competes in the America's
Cup World Series, Extreme Sailing Series, Vulcain Trophy and on the RC44
Championship Tour. Paul Cayard is the CEO of Artemis Racing and the
Tactician onboard RC44 Katusha._
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