Round Robin 1 nearly complete

We have now had 6 of the 7 races required to complete the 1st RR here in Nice and we have had a good start winning all 6 races.   Since the last blog we have had some very close and tough races against Synergy (Russia), Azzura (Italy), Artemis (Sweden) and today agains BMW (USA).

The unique aspect is that we all sail the supplied boats which are supposedly equalised.  However the weather has certainly been the greatest equaliser with some very shifty and testing conditions.

It is never good in my opinion when you can see snow on the mountains not too far from where you are sailing, and this is very much the case here in Nice.  A typical day sees us racing in a 10-12kt offshore wind in the early morning which literally blows straight of the mountains and it is freezing.

We have our final race of RR1 tomorrow against Team Origin who have been sailing very well to date so this will be a good test for the Team moving into the 2nd round of this competition.

I am very pleased with our improvement, but as always we can do better.  Nice to have a challenge!!