International Melges 32 Class Blog

Hedgehog
Volpe
Fantastica
Samba
Argo
INTAC
Bliksem
Arethusa

More rain as teams approach the mark…

Argo, Volpe and Hedgehog coming in hot…

Fleet back out to the left for pressure… More rain on the way…

White out conditions upwind…

INTAC
Samba
Volpe
Hedgehog slugging out coming up to the mark…

Volpe surges ahead to chase INTAC…

INTAC
Volpe
Hedgehog
Samba
Argo

Argo and Fantastica over at the start, Argo does a penalty turn as they fouled Delta, delta does a turn as the fouled another boat… Both upwind now…

Mojo, Robertissma and INTAC upwind on the left. The left proved to have better pressure and pay big last race…

At the top…
INTAC
Leenabarca
Volpe

Teams are making their way back to the starting area for the last race of the day and event…

Rain beginning to encroach on the course. Heavy rain clouds to the South and Southeast.

Course 4, 1.5nm @ 110
Warning at 12.35

Now that the rain has passed, we can go racing!

Wow! A serious drag race to the finish. Argo, Samba, Hedgehog and Volpe rippin’ at the finish!

Volpe flies in and passes the whole lot of boats to win!

Teams back upwind… Hedgehog pulls outfront challenging Samba for the lead.

Carnage downwind, Arethusa and Delta both with spinnaker trouble!

Samba
Argo
Hedgehog
Fantastica

Fantastica
Catapult
Samba
Argo charging hard upwind, left for pressure

Breeze is 15-20 at the top
Monster waves

INTAC looking good at the top
Samba
Hedgehog in the mix!

Around the top:
Samba
Fantastica
Volpe