Star World Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club - Day 2
by Star Worlds 2016 12 Apr 2016 07:00 BST
7-17 April 2016
Star Worlds day 2 © Marco Oquendo /
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The race course offered typical conditions of Biscayne Bay with the wind at 15–18 knots from the 90 degrees and 2 foot waves. The Race Committee set a Course 3 with 2.2 mile long legs and fired the first signal on time at 11.35 hrs.
The start line was clear. Torben Schmidt Grael & Guilherme de Almeida enjoyed a perfect beginning at the pin with pretty good speed. Although the start was a key factor, the upwind leg is very long and Robert Stanjek & Frithjof Kleen took a big advantage before the first mark and kept it until the end. He executed a perfect race reading the shifts better than anyone else, he was able to secure the first place crossing the line for at least, 10 boat lengths of distance with the second.
Torben Grael worked hard during the whole race to finally clench the second place finish ahead team of Diego Negri with a tight finish making a boat-to-boat combat right before the finish line.
Although Team Germany, Stanjek & Kleen and the Team Brasil, Grael & de Almeida had a good race, they were disqualified yesterday so there is still big battle to fight for them.
The most consistently sailor that humbly had a great race was Augie Diaz who is leading the Overall Results after obtaining a 3th and 4th position through the two first races. He said that he was fortunate to get fourth and that the crew is very important. Below a short interview with this recognized Star Sailor.
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