This morning skippers meeting was at 10am and our special friend showed up, THE WIND. We rigged the formula gear and started the first race at 11am. After the formula races, we started getting ready for slalom. A downwind course was set with 4 jibes and a finish by the beach, which made it really exciting for the sailors and spectators as well. There were 2 semifinals where the top 5 advance to the final and the remainder to the losers final.
At around 2pm, we started the first heats with winds around 16 to 23 knots.
On the first final, we had to be called back 3 times as sailors kept on going over, Gonzalo, Miguel, Menegati all missed the first final for being over early. After finally having a clean start, Steve Allen rounded in first and controlled it until the end to take the win, Schurmann came close in second followed by Polanowski in third.
On the second final, Steve again had a great start at the pin end and took the win, Gonzalo manage to sneak in with Schurmann on the first jibe and clear the pack to finish second and third.
On the last final of the day, Gonzalo took off on the start and won the race followed by Polanowski who was latter DSQ on a protest, so the second place went to Steve Allen and third to Wojtek.
It was a excellent windy day and SINES proved that is an excellent racing venue.
Everyone is pretty worn out and tired, but tomorrow there is more.
