Official Audi Melges 20 Blog

Wynsma looking strong…
Just beats Hilgard to the mark…

Wynsma
Hilgard
Hammett

Hot at the gate:

Wynsma
Hilgard- splitting the difference
Hollerbach
Hammett
Kozicz
Lihan
Ward

Fight at the mark between Wynsma and Hilgard at the top, Hilgard wins the mark, Wynsma pulls ahead at the offset, Hollerbach in third…

Breeze has shifted right to 10 degrees or so… also looking at 8-10 knots of breeze… clouds burning off…

Line is being reset, as is the weathermark…

Flat water, breeze 5-8 knots…
First start – general recall…
I-flag in effect…
Another general recall…

Results as of Saturday: http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=306

Light breezes in effect for the start…

Possibly only one race today. Course 4, .6 nm, 130 degrees… Breeze may diminish during the race…

Racing will start on time…. Standby.

It just doesn’t get any better than this folks… it is gorgeous! Light to moderate breezes will bring diversity to the racing in comparison to Saturday’s heavy air.

Tom Lihan is the substitute driver for STAR today, so hopefully in the lighter breeze Lihan with Gulari and Peet will be able to hold it together. Wynsma, in second place overall is quite confident that his team has what it takes to win… He’s only seven points behind which is not an impossible measure in the Audi Melges 20.

Hollerbach in third wants to beat Wynsma bad, so… Stay close as we are on our way out to the course…

Ecklund by a hair beats Wynsma to the finish.

Standby for Race 4…

Ecklund over early again, Ward also OCS

Wieber with trouble downwind, snagged a line, boat came to a complete stop! Got back underway, now in last in comparison to being second only moments before… back upwind…