We said that yesterday was the best day of Key West 2015 but today beat it. 18 knots of breeze; crystal clear luke warm water and 25 degrees with sunshine. What more could any sailor ask for? We didnt have to race the last two races today, mathematically we had won already but we enthusiastically raced all the races knowing that this was going to be a dream day of sailing. We actually kept up the pace and delivered a first, a second and a first again so we finished with 12 points from 11 races. What was probably our worst and best performance of the week came in the last race of the day. We had changed kites between races and after we started we spotted an issue with our pole. The tack line was underneath it so Mirthe had to climb out when we started our downwind to clear it. We had fought hard and were first to the windward mark and we actually dbnt lose much from this. When we hoisted we saw that the kite sheets were fed wrongly meaning we had to a pit stop and untie and then retie them correctly. all good, we lost a couple of places but we coud fight back maybe... We went into a gybe and the kits sheets came off completely forcing us into an even longer pit stop. More places lost but finally we were back on the rad and moving fast. The attitude changed on baord and we all became determined to get back into it. Prof was brilliant on weight calls and kite and the whole team pushed really hard physically. We clawed our way back to pip the ever improving Norwegians on Team RRH ( this team has really stepped up a few gears this week) to take the race win at the last gybe to the finish line. The mood on board Embarr has never been better, We have won Key West convincingly and in good style. It has been fantastic and a joy to sail, a wonderful reminder of why we all do this. Embarr
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 07:24:26 +0000
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