After a refreshing break from the Baltic Sea norm with the passing cold front, today brought back the heat and light winds during the 49er European Championship in Gwdnia, Poland. Zander Kirkland who is sailing with his brother Jesse said, “We sailed two races in a light and rather steady, onshore 3-6 knots in some solid chop.”
“In both races, we were unable to have as much fortune on the starting line as the previous day leaving us to try and work our way back through the fleet. We were quite unfortunate in the start of the first one as we had good positioning right near the favored pin and left side of the course; however, the three boats that were OCS happened to be the 3 boats just to leeward of us. AHH! With no lane, and minimal wind shifts, our windward leg was mediocre. But after a good downwind and a very nice second beat we were able to pass 8-10 boats by the finish, continued Zander Kirkland.”
“The second one saw us have a similar poor start and windward mark rounding, but a really good second upwind saw us again move our way through the fleet to 10th from 20th at the first mark,” concluded Zander Kirkland.
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