A pretty good start thanks to david and some improved cockpit communication. Halfway up the first leg, we knew we owned this race, nicely placed around fifth and climbing. We rounded the windward mark in good position, waving at our friends from Australia.
Downwind we lost a place or two as the highly paid professionals on the other teams pulled their Jedi mind games on us like "false call for room" and "sailing faster."
We came in very tight to the leeward mark, spinnaker up as we selected from our dousing options. A few boatlengths off, as tactician Ted called for a douse and a gybe, the New Zealand boat rounded the mark ALL THE WAY around, and crossed right in front of us.
Which is her right, pretty much.
But just a beat off the pace, we were not able to avoid her and served up a portion of American T-bone to the kiwis.
No injuries. Modest damage to boats. Major damage to pride. The very gracious kiwis waved it off and carried on racing, telling us later they did not lose any places from this
We did our penalty turns, going on th a mid- fleet or so finish. Bummer. But there was one more race to show our stuff.
More to follow
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