Our final day of racing really served to wrap up the event. We only had one race, but my, was it exciting. The wind blew the promised 20 knots gusting to 30. The race commitee made the decision that no spins were to be flown and all boats must use their jib as opposed to the genoa to minimize boat breakage. We had one protest situation on the first upwind with the Italians forcing us to duck them while on starboard. We decided not to go through with the protest as we needed to place third in the race in order for us to finish top five and as we only place sixth, it wouldn't have changed our standings.
On the downwinds Skip Dirk was doing a fantastic job surfing as the rest of the crew dashed from end to end of the boat, using our weight to catch the wave. It was a blast!
We came sixth overall, closely followed by our friends the Norwegians in seventh and England took the Cup. A list of the full standings will soon be available.
Needless to say, the closing ceremony celebrations may have gotten a little out of hand but in the best of ways.
No pictures for now as I am missing my camera.
Thats all for now!
JYD
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