A high pressure is parked over the Polish Baltic coast again, giving the competitors taking part in the 49er European Championship in Gwdnia, Poland more hot weather and an afternoon sea breeze.
Jesse and Zander Kirkland finished the first race on the final day racing in 13th, Zander Kirkland said, “We were full double trapping sometimes and never easing the sheet. After a rough 1st beat, where our settings were not dialed in for the building thermal, we had a great race. We passed boats on the 2nd upwind and then a bunch of boats on the final run.”
“Overall we ended up 14th in Bronze Fleet out of 28 boats and 68th overall. Not an amazing result and not up to our goal of top 2/3, but it was great exposure to the highest level in the world. We simply need to sail more with a focused program to get to the higher echelons of the class and that is exactly what we are planning. We are excited to get some training in because we feel we are a few key mistakes away from moving up in the class. These mistakes takes hours of practice to work out, there is no way to fudge your training in this boat,” concluded Zander Kirkland.
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