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Race Area
Almost parallel to the shore.
Start
Not the longest line, but still some significant enough bias. Gamecock and New Wave the closest to the line, with Gamecock equal to Defiant at the gun. Vigilant way back.
1st Upwind
Very close racing with the wind going a bit to the left. Boats catching up a bit on Defiant that was taking the lead after the start. Vigilant got some good meters at the end of starboard run, lifted quite a lot. Gamecock managed to gain some meters from leeward, going to the top mark, just making it inside.
Top Mark
Not being early on the starboard layline helped Gamecock to jump in and take the lead. The boats that shoot the layline from far will always have a bit of extra safety and this usually allows the port tack boat to tack in (if there is enough space between the boats). Defiant seems to be going pretty high on the reach, doing extra meters.
1st Downwind
Gamecock has dropped the lead due to not the best first gybe. However, early gybe was the way to go and after even worse gybe by Defiant, has took the lead back and even increased it. Vigilant and New Wave losing quite some meters on the way to the gate, especially New Wave. At the gate, the suggested wind direction is at 165, so even more left than before. That could help Gamecock to win at the end, approaching the mark from right.
Gate Rounding
Very similar rounding times. No gate bias noticed.
2nd Upwind
Leader stretching on all but New Wave. The boats on the right got lifted quite better than the boats above them. The course was also skewed, making the right even a bit stronger. There was even a bit of right shift on the way to the mark.
Clean Data, no tacks and gybes
2nd Downwind
Pretty big loss for Gamecock on the left corner. All the boats gained a lot to it. Defiant even took the lead, but the finish line (if it was the same as the start line) was biased.
