The skies were sunny over Qingdao today with high temperatures and humidity making it uncomfortable just walking about the boat park. The wind blew 6 knots first thing but lightened off to 3.5 to 4.5 knots as the day went on. The start of the second race was delayed as the Race Officer waited to see if the breeze would hold.
The lightening winds made the strengthening tide the critical factor. The Australian Yngling team arrived at the top mark within the top 3 but due to a drop in windspeed their layline call was wrong as the tide pushed them away from the mark. This allowed boats behind to tack underneath them and round the mark in front. The team still had great speed and caught up to finish in 11th. They are sitting in 5th overall with 12 points.
The top three in the Yngling Class are; Great Britain in 1st with 5 points, Canada in 2nd with 9 points and just one point behind in 3rd is The Netherlands.
“We’re really pleased and we couldn’t ask for anything more,” said Karyn Gojnich.
“I’m very happy with our boat speed and there’s absolutely nothing that we need to change.”
