In the women’s fleet, Valerie Ghibaudo (Tabou, The Loft) stamped her authority on the day’s proceedings, by winning two out of the three women’s races. Marking a return to form, Karin Jaggi (F2, North Sails) emerged victorious in race four but remains seventh overall following her early disastrous results.
Women’s Fleet
Race 3: Ghibaudo continued her run of dominance from the previous day, to cruise to her third race win in a row. Chasing her down in second was Jaggi, who’d clearly put her shaky first day performance behind her. Offringa (Starboard, NeilPryde) also sailed a solid heat to award her, her highest place finish so far, in third.
Jaggi storms to victory/photo PWA Carter
Moving down the ranks, Lee Korzitz failed to make the final, and then also failed to finish in the losers final, meaning she’d have to make do with fifteenth place.
Race 4: Korzitz stuttered again in the day’s second race. Successfully making it through to the final, she proceeded false start, as did rival Offringa. The pair had to settle for joint last place.
Improving, Jaggi turned up the heat to sail to victory in the final. Not far behind, Ghibaudo added a second to her near perfect run of results, and unsung racing talent Nagoshi (Simmer) nailed a third place finish.
Valerie Ghibaudo warms up
Race 5: After qualifying for the final, Jaggi seemed to drop off the boil with a disappointing seventh place finish. Super consistent Ghibaudo continued her run of top-notch results, adding another first to her impressive hoard, and Iballa Moreno (North Sails) showed up on the radar to storm home in second.
Nagoshi was rewarded for her efforts, playing a sensible game, and not pushing too hard. When the dust settled, she emerged in third place. More impressively, her consistency rewarded her with second place overall for the event so far. Not bad for a freestyler.
