Overall our sailors had an improved day today due to improved wind conditions. The European winds we expected reached 18knots today with gusts over 20. Tom from Australia got a 5th and a 1st causing great excitement in our camp. I'm putting it down to the fact I lent him some longs when we got to the venue as he was seriously underdressed for the colder conditions :-) Our best results of the day were Jack with a 12th, Zak with a 13th and Ken with a 17th - very exciting finishes at this level of competition. Watching the live GPS tracking makes the racing very exciting on shore although today the Internet was down for quite some time and we were left to play guessing games.
Our two girls found the conditions a bit tough today although they both had some achievements to be proud of. Carolina made improvements throughout the day while Ellie rounded the top mark in the last race in the top 10 before getting her life jacket hooked in her boom and capsizing.
On the shore the town has organised a festival around the event. On the big stage there is a concert every night and we are fortunate to hear the soundchecks during the day. The wonderful orchestra's concert was stunning. A fair for the younger children is running beside the race office with a very loud and annoying clown singing his way through the afternoon. Hopefully he's not there tomorrow :-)
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