Key West Race Week- Day 1- Shifty Sailing

J/122 PUGWASH Tied for IRC2 Lead

(Key West, FL)- After a torrential downpour during the daytime Sunday that marked the passing of a typical cold front across the Keys, Sunday night broke into a spectacular star-studded evening, with good promise for Monday's racing.  Sure enough, dawn broke with a gorgeous sunrise and a nice wind that ultimately settled in from North to Northeast (depending on the course) blowing 5-12 knots.

On IRC2 course, the furthest West from Key West and down near Sand Key, the day started light but the PRO Ken Legler managed to get two races off for the fleet.  David Murphy's J/122 PUGWASH sailed to a 2-1 finish to be tied for the lead.  Like many of the other courses, the NNE winds tend to favor going towards shore to get the backing puffs coming off land...going left appeared to help many of the leaders on all courses, including Division 1 where PUGWASH led the fleet home in the last race of the day.

Tuesday promises to be another nice day of sailing.  Stay tuned!  For regatta information and sailing results, please go to:  http://www.premiere-racing.com/KW10_Results/kw10_results_reports.htm