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Start
Two boats at the pin over and called back. They opened up the path for Nika to gain huge advantage. Some pin bias, also.
1st Upwind
Wind going a bit left and once again, left approach was the greenest part of the leg. Nika and Grinn gained from there, Grinn having some strange extra two tacks. MBlue and GhostR had a big dip once trying to cross back from right to left.
Top Mark
1st Downwind
Nika was one of the slowest boats, allowing the others to catch up. MBlue with some gains through the middle, too. Mblue went quite lower after the hoist, possible sign of the pressure coming from the back. Boomer with the steepest TTL improvement, probably coming down with the gust.
Hard to judge if MSun would have gained from the right, Their TTL was improving, but then they went way under the layline.
Gate Rounding
2nd Upwind
Nice battle for the lead. Nika using the small right shift to gain on Grinn. A huge left shift at the end, especially for the boats in the back. MBlue not doing bad on the right, until that big lefty just before the mark. Very high angle of Boomer and BrassM, but not much pressure/speed there.
2nd Downwind
Grinn closes up on Nika, but loses after the gybe. Some bluffing battles mid fleet, resulting in big losses, but once boats are spread around the course, they make all the sense.
Even though there was a left shift, the course did not skew. This is due to the finish line being on the other side of the RC. With light wind, start line is the same distance as always, but the course is much shorter. So already starting at pin or RC can make your race skewed even if the mark is at the right place. The same applies for the finish line on the other side of the start.
