Live Ocean Racing: Another five races and a great day for Live Ocean Racing - Day 2
by Jodie Bakewell-White, Live Ocean 9 Apr 2023 02:41 BST
9 April 2023
Live Ocean Racing - ETF26 - Trinité-sur-Mer - Day 2 - April 8, 2023 © Live Ocean Racing
Live Ocean Racing jumped up the leaderboard, to lie in fourth place after the second day of racing in the first event of the nine team 2023 EFT26 Series.
Rounding out the day with a win and finishing in the first three in all but one of today’s five races sees Live Ocean Racing lift from 6th overall up to 4th in the ETF26 standings at Spi Ouest-France Banque Populaire Grand Ouest regatta.
“We finished the day with a win, so we’re really happy about that,” says Liv Mackay. The team took the win in what’s known as the RAID – one of two long distance races in their schedule for the regatta. Across the four short format reaching start races sailed today Live Ocean Racing placed 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 2nd.
Day 2 saw 14-17 knots of wind in the morning making for big waves and challenging conditions. As the day progressed the wind decreased.
“We had a range of conditions throughout the day and the team really enjoyed it. We’re excited to keep building on it for race day three tomorrow,” says Mackay.
TeamPro retain their overall lead, Entreprises du Morbihan are in second, with Burecapital in third.
Tomorrow’s schedule includes another five races on what is the penultimate day of the regatta.
Live Ocean Racing - Day 2 provisional results:
Race 6 – 2nd
Race 7- 6th
Race 8 – 3rd
Race 9 – 2nd
Race 10 – 1st
Overall position: 4th
Racing runs over four days from April 7-10, 2023.
How to follow the action:
The 2023 ETF26 Series will comprise of five European based events;
- Spi Ouest-France / April 7 to 10, 2023 / La Trinité sur Mer (France)
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- Raid Quiberon / May 31 to June 3, 2023 / Quiberon (France)
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- Foiling Week / June 28 to July 1, 2023 / Lac de Garde (Italy)
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- Grand Pavois La Rochelle Foiling Event / September 20 to 23, 2023 / La Rochelle (France)
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- Grand Prix Foiling Mar Menor / October 4 to 7, 2023 / Los Alcazares (Spain)
About: Live Ocean Racing is a New Zealand racing team committed to action for the ocean. Established by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, Live Ocean Racing will bring together a talented and diverse team to compete at the highest level. With innovation and purpose baked into our DNA, we race on and for the ocean.