International Melges 32 Class Blog

Sunny conditions in effect. Calm seas and 5-7 knots of breeze for the first beat. Plenty of sunshine.

Almost the entire fleet is left at the mark. Aethusa, Bronco and Heartbreaker looking good.

Bronco first
STAR pulls up for second and Alex Jackson on Leenabarca is third.

Race 3 commences at 2 p.m.
220 @ 1.5, 4 times around

In sequence… all clear for the start.

Jabin leads as he takes for the finishline…

Definitely better pressure on the right and heavily favored by the fleet…

For the start of race two, in the words of our awesome boat driver Bill Erkelens – the sun is out, we have breeze – life is good…

Breeze looks to be building a little for the start of race two.

5 minutes to the warning signal..
Course bearing 215 @ 1.5 nm
4 times around…

Tough day for Ecklund as they are called over again, as was Hughes’ Heartbreaker.

Turning out to be a nice day, temps are on the cooler side but the breeze is still holding in and the sun is out…
A little sunshine is always nice…
Back upwind…

It’s a fetch:

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

Bronco out front with a very nice lead, Anthony Kotoun on tactics, Barbarians holding their own and Bliksem looking to gain in third.

roXanne sailing a little higher challenging for fourth.

Change of course – 180

Shakedown rounds first
Team Barbarians second
Bronco third

At the top,

Bronco
Team Barbarians
Bliksem
Shakedown
Heartbreaker
Ramrod
Leenabarca
Roxanne
Celeritas
Arethusa
STAR
Tillinghast
Argo

In sequence…

Looking pin end favored for the start.

Ecklund, Jackson and Carroll over early. Tillinghast caught on the committee boar anchor line…

Considerably light breeze for the start, about 5 knots…

Lotz and Gefter with nice starts out on the right.

It’s been a half hour since the AP went up. RC has just announced, it will come down at 11:04, first signal at 11:05…

Course bearing… 235 @ 1.5 mi, 4 legs