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Race 7 - Olympic Games

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Race 7 - Olympic Games
www.Sail-Search.com: Team Isigungu, South Africa's Olympic Entrants in the Yngling class sent this report through: Things are getting tight, hopefully 3 races to go! Well, the prediction for light breeze was correct, but it was not only light but all over the place too! We waited over two hours in the heat until eventually we got a race in at 15h30. We weren’t certain about our plan for the race as the left had been paying most of the week but the wind was supposed to shift steadily to the right. We had a reasonable start, two boats were called OCS and returned back to clear themselves. We took a hitch off to the right and crossed more than a few boats, things were looking good about half way through the beat, until we under tacked another bunch and went further right…… may have been our downfall, our break point….. From there on we tried to play catch up, but the fleet had already spread out a fair bit and catching up seemed impossible. We are still in 13th spot, who ever said that was a lucky number, lied! 10 points off the medal race and hopefully 3 races to go. Keeping holding thumbs and praying for us, we are so close and need all the help we can get. Full Story »

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