Official Melges 32 Blog

Full Throttle firmly in the lead coming up to the final mark… both FT and Samba working the right side…

Full Throttle around first…
Volpe
Star
Red
Samba

For the finish..

Ishida
Alberini
Simpson
Kilroy
Jackson
Cruette
Hughes
Pierini
Ecklund
Cirillo
Woods
Carroll
Taylor
Lotz

Fleet a little upside down right now, competitors such as Kullman, Jabin and Ecklund having a tough day… Ecklund is managing to hang on but, Jabin and Kullman are deep.

At the top mark…

Ishida
Alberini
Simpson
Kilroy
Jackson
Cruette
Hughes
Pierini
Cirillo

Course change to 225, shortened to 1.4 nm

Ishida still very much in the lead, Alberini in second, right side heavily favored as the fleet heads back upwind…

Ishida out front at the mark, Kilroy in second, Simpson in third.

Woods looked as though he was going to have a great comeback after being called OCS, only to destroy the kite on the set…

Kilroy looks to have this regatta in the bag…

Course 4, bearing of 210, 1.6 nm

We are in sequence… Lotz, Woods, Hughes, Cirillo, Hesse all OCS

Kilroy drops to fifth, Woods now in control downwind, Jabin hot on his heels…

Woods with a nice lead to the finish…

Woods
Jabin
Jackson
Cirillo
Kilroy
Cruette
Ecklund
Carroll
Alberini
Tillinghast
Dominguez
McSweeney
Taylor
Kullman
Hughes
Pierini
Simpson

Back upwind with the fleet pretty scattered across the course…

Woods pulls into the lead…

Woods
Jabin
Jackson
Cirillo

It’s a parade of sinnakers downwind, Jabin in charge, Woods, Kilroy, Carroll and Jackson in fifth…

At the gate:
Jabin
Woods
Kilroy
Jackson

Hesse poked out way on the right,

First rounding was wild, Jabin in first, Woods second, Kilroy third and on forth Carroll…