Official Melges 32 Blog

Lotz has this one in the bag…

Arethusa
Leenabarca
Ramrod
Bronco
roXanne
Heartbreaker
Dark N’ Stormy

Arethusa
Leenabarca
Ramrod
Bronco
Dark n’ Stormy
roXanne
Heartbreaker

A lot of nice clean air coming in on the left and leaders – Bronco, Heartbreaker and roXanne out front in their own little pack as they make their way up to the mark…

Lotz pulls off the leads coming in from the right, Leenabarca back in the hunt, Bronco in third…

Ramrod
Dark N’Stormy
Heartbreaker

Very light, tricky air on the downwind run… Bronco and Arethusa taking it to the gate…

Bronco
Heartbreaker
roXanne
Argo
Arethusa
Leenabarca
Dark n’ Stormy
Team Barbarians
Celeritas
Ramrod
STAR

Left side heavily favored.
Bronco challenging first now.

Team Barbarians
Leenabarca
Bronco

Celeritas around first, but Bronco and Arethusa are quick to seize the lead.

It’s another beautiful day for Melges 32 racing in Rye, NY…

Under sunny skies, moderate temperatures and 5-8 knots, the fleet is almost ready to race the final heat of the event. 5 legger on tap…

Leenabarca shoots off the line! They are clearly outfront…

Team Barbarians are match racing Leenabarca up the middle…

For the finish…

Leenabarca
Argo
roXanne
Bliksem
STAR
Arethusa
Dark n’ Stormy
Heartbreaker
Ramrod
Bronco
Shakedown
Team Barbarians
Celeritas

There will be a fourth race…
Three times around, finishing to windward…

Course bearing 305 @ 1.7 nm

In the meantime, chew on this:

http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=339

I-flag in effect for the second attempt at race 4 start

Leenabarca
Bliksem
Arethusa
Team Barbarians
Argo
Bronco
Celeritas
Shakedown
roXanne
Dark n’ Stormy

Leenabarca
Arethusa
Bliksem
Bronco
roXanne
Shakedown
STAR
Dark n’ Stormy
Team Barbarians