Race Area
Start
This time there was 10 degree of bias. It made the line 130m better at the pin. Also, the mid-RC was below the line creating a disadvantage for other boats that were there. Swish was 30m below the big line at the start. Only Rowdy, Jelvis, and Stampede were near the line.
1st Upwind
After the start, Elvis, Cool Story and Swish reduced the gap, but still the initial distance was too big. Rowdy and Jelvis sailed pretty low, while Stampede had the best lane out of the start. Vamos was crossing 80m ahead of Elvis, this time start bias pretty much defined the race.
The wind was having the left and then the right shift. The left shift especially benefiting the boats on the right side (Vamos and Swish) that got big lift. The course was also skewed by 10 degrees to the right, so much more sailing on port tack. Stampede has lost some meters at the left side.
Jelvis and Leonteq got nice right shifts to gain a lot and get back in. However, Leonteq went too far left and there was no more space to play the shifts and they faced the header on the way to the mark. Swish had big gains from below on the right side.
Top Mark
Jelvis losing some places by ducking hard. Cool Story also ended up tacking 2 more times.
1st Downwind
After the initial gybe-set loss, Elvis and Stampede were gaining the most and had the fastest downwind. Leonteq was gaining, too but the initial loss was too big. ROwdy gained a bit on Vamos by going full left with faster mode, sailing 400m longer.
Gate Rounding
Big bias, resulting in a lot of distance given away by the boats that took the right hand mark.
2nd Upwind
Shifty upwind with wind going a bit right on average. Still big left kick 3/4 up the beat.
Cool Story has the fastest upwind, sailing 5 degrees better shifts than the slowest Swish. Elvis was the only boat in the middle going down, not using the wind and shifts well, possibly also quite in a bad air.
2nd Downwind
The boats behind jumped into the fast mode earlier than the leader and were gaining well. Leonteq continued to go slower and was losing. Stampede gained well with Rowdy, but has lost quite some meters close to the finish.
