As predicated the wind and swell picked up for a classic day at the 'rodeo' for the fleet of International 14 skiff sailors on Day Three. The Bay can be a wild stallion and certainly threw many of the riders off their boats but Race Two started with Neale Jones and Ed Fitzgerald, GBR 1553, leading to the windward mark.
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Groundhog Day - Neale & Fitzgerald round the windward mark first with Partingtons closing in... Well it isn't. The Australians came through and survived the breezy conditions whilst the Brits had a swim and unfortunate t-foil rudder snap. Lindsay Irwin and Andrew Perry (AUS 663) top the overall r...
Lots of worried faces in the boat park - it looked windy, very windy.. But PRO, Del Olsen, assured the International 14 skiff fleet that everything would settle down. Local knowledge proved right and a decisive fourth race for the Germans. Georg Borkenstein and 'Big' Eike Dietrich lead from start...
Air of tension within the boat park - things are getting serious and the winds dropping allowing the lighter crews the chance to hit the front. Dan Holman/ Alex Knight (GBR 1556) came in hot and tacked just in front of Andy and Tom Partington (GBR 1559) - their lead didn't last long as 'Penguin D...
