J's Winning IRC2
(Key West, FL)- Dawn broke with another spectacular sunrise, with the promise of yet another classic Key West day on the water. It was not to be. Instead, a lingering front spun a cloud front onto the race course by noon and turned the skies uniformly grey. However, the wind Gods cooperated with yet another nice day of oscillating, streaky breezes out of the NE quadrant, starting light, gradually increasing to the 8-12 knot range towards the end. Again, two races seemed to be the orders for the day, first one a double-sausage and the second one the same, but finishing upwind after four legs.
The Division 1 IRC2 course saw David Murphy's J/122 PUGWASH repeat the converse of their performance from the first day, starting the day with a bullet, followed up by a second for a 2-1-1-2 series, leading IRC2 by six points. Again, the leaders of all classes on Division 1 had their work cut out for them because of the fact they have the most current, the most chop and the ability for large wind streaks with pressure to develop from either the north coming down the channel or coming offshore from the east. Today, they got everything. Making a bold move up the escalator in these tough conditions was Robin Team's J/122 TEAMWORK, gathering a fourth in the first race and winning the last race, now sitting just four points out of third place with a 7-8-4-1 record while tied for fourth. Also climbing rapidly up the ladder today was Jim Bishop's veteran campaigner GOLD DIGGER. Jim's team got a second and third to round out their scores with a 8-7-2-3 to be tied for fourth just off the top three. The next three days ought to be pretty interesting for this tight fleet.
Wednesday's forecast looks promising to be another nice day of sailing with a partly cloudy day, mid-70s for temps and easterlies in the 8-12 knot range. Stay tuned! For regatta information and sailing results, please go to: http://www.premiere-racing.com/KW10_Results/kw10_results_reports.htm
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