Kiel Week - Race Days

The first two days of Kiel Week has continued to prove difficult with a wide range of weather conditions, except for wind. Saturday involved 8 hrs on the water with only one race. We suffered through multiple rain storms, major wind shifts, and lots of waiting.

The race we did get off was challenging, with a pin biased start and a left shift early in the first leg. Andrew and I were flushed at the start and were able to catch a good shift on the right and consolidate to the middle of the fleet. The rest of the race we picked away at the fleet and finished 12th. A keeper in a tough fleet.

We have three races scheduled Mon and Tues with the Medal race on Wed. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Look closely at our boat in the picture, we are hiding under the main to avoid the hail!