After yesterday's skippers meeting and the welcome party for the crews, everybody was anxious to start racing, although the wind was gusting up to 30 knots again this morning (Monday 23 June). At about 3 o'' clock the race committee boat took down the postponement flag and the boat left the marina in Mikrolimano. First windward/leeward race started at 15:45 with north winds of about 20 knots. There was a general recall as everybody was eager to have a good start. In the first weathermark the first boat to cross was OLA from Croatia, a GS46R. Seconds behind it, it was the Greek SUPERFAST RACING (Farr52, ex chessie-racing), and then the other Farr52, BRAVE. In that order they finished at about 17:00. The wind then settled down to 15 knots and the second race started at 18:00 with too many boats having an early start and some crashing to each other, with no significant damage.
