Today was the first day of the finals. This is the first year the Opti-world is divided in gold, silver and bronze fleets. Oscar and lucas made it to gold, Victoria and Olle sail in silver and Marius is in bronze.
The forecast of the day was something new, 20 knots from east.
The waves were really big when we got out on the water and the wind was between 20-25 knots. The waves was breaking everywhere and it was hard to control the boat. The current was the same direction as the wind, which made it easy to start.
The races were hard and the sailors were tired after the first one. But they got some food and water and got ready for next. Unfortunately Victoria was not able to sail the second race due to her leg. She fought hard and got through the first race but it was not possible to do one more. We keep our finger crossed that she will be okay tomorrow!
The results are starting to get interesting now. A lot of the sailors in the top is very good in light winds and had big trouble today. This means that it is a lot to sail about the last two days. You find the results here:
http://optiworlds2014.org/resultados.php?numero=resultadosFinalSeriesDia2810
Tomorrow we expect less wind but still pretty strong and the last day seams to be a light wind day again.
Right now a big storm is around us. There is heavy rain, thunder and lightning all around us. We hope this passes over so we get some sun tomorrow and sailable condition. “
We got some comments about the last post about the second team racing day. There I want to clarify that Marius didn’t have a bad behaviour. It was I as coach that was a bit angry about his carelessness, he is a little bit to good to forget stuff sometimes…
The sailors are very tired after this day and are going to bed now, at 9 to be rested and ready for tomorrow.
GO SWEDEN
//Oskar
The forecast of the day was something new, 20 knots from east.
The waves were really big when we got out on the water and the wind was between 20-25 knots. The waves was breaking everywhere and it was hard to control the boat. The current was the same direction as the wind, which made it easy to start.
The races were hard and the sailors were tired after the first one. But they got some food and water and got ready for next. Unfortunately Victoria was not able to sail the second race due to her leg. She fought hard and got through the first race but it was not possible to do one more. We keep our finger crossed that she will be okay tomorrow!
The results are starting to get interesting now. A lot of the sailors in the top is very good in light winds and had big trouble today. This means that it is a lot to sail about the last two days. You find the results here:
http://optiworlds2014.org/resultados.php?numero=resultadosFinalSeriesDia2810
Tomorrow we expect less wind but still pretty strong and the last day seams to be a light wind day again.
Right now a big storm is around us. There is heavy rain, thunder and lightning all around us. We hope this passes over so we get some sun tomorrow and sailable condition. “
We got some comments about the last post about the second team racing day. There I want to clarify that Marius didn’t have a bad behaviour. It was I as coach that was a bit angry about his carelessness, he is a little bit to good to forget stuff sometimes…
The sailors are very tired after this day and are going to bed now, at 9 to be rested and ready for tomorrow.
GO SWEDEN
//Oskar