Wind N/W F5-6 gusting but dying down later. Strong wind over tide conditions all day. Dry, cool, cloudy.
Friday was another windy morning with which the race management had to contend. After the mayhem of the previous day at the lower end of the fleet, the PRO, Derek Bothwell, decided to stand-down the Bronze category sailors. IODAI regulations permit this decision and in doing so, the PRO was able to have single starts for the remaining Gold and Bronze sailors rather than two flights.
With a late afternoon tide, the flood was against the prevailing wind throughout the sailing day. The result was considerable swell with some white-horses. Such sea-state gave the impression of stronger winds but the instruments hardly read above 20 knots at any stage. The mother-ships were busy again today but most people agreed that the decision to only race the Gold and Silver was correct.
Race results
With one discard, the results at the top have hardly changed.
1 NED2497 Gijs Pelt
2 NED2484 Rolph Oudshoorn
3 IRL1022 Katie Tingle
4 GBR5182 Tom Hayes
5 GBR4904 Oliver White
6 USA8706 Emily Lambert
7 IRL1092 Conor O'Brien
8 IRL1114 Alyson Rumball
9 GBR5301 Andrew Normand
10 IRL1107 Maeve Leonard
IODAI Gold/Silver/Bronze Fleets Standing after 7 races
