ORCi Worlds

The warm and shiny day started with a wind less than 5 knots from western directions. At about 11:00 local time, the race committee was at sea, examining every possibility to run at least one race. It was 14:27 that the first race started. Everybody was eager to start, so eager that there was a general recall. Race restarted at 14:38 and this time it was 4 or 5 boats early, over the sail course (OCS). The majority of the rest of the fleet preffered the pin end, a decision that proved horribly wrong. The wind shifted about 10 degrees after a while, favouring the right hand side of the course. The leeward boats had never a chance to tack and head for the wind. First boat at the weather mark was PITHECUSA. In the downwind leg, the faster boats managed to sail faster, so they crossed the downwind gates in this order: DIESEL, OLA, PITHECUSA. The course had already changed according to the shift, but still, most boats followed the starboard tack. First crossing the finish line and taking line honours was OLA from Croatia.