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Today was awesome. Perfect conditions. Flat water. Building sea breeze. Not much traffic.

No gear breakages.

I finished the day with 3 3rds. In the first one I was pretty lucky to get back to there after not foiling off the line. By the time I got up and going around the back of the tanker, I was a good 300m behind. I pulled through but never challenged Dave or Amac out in front.

Second race was better. I led around the top mark after John overlaid the layline. A bit of rudder ventilation at the bottom let Dave and Amac through, then I hit the mark avoiding Amac’s bottom mark rounding for good measure. Dave got away for the win.

Next one was another 4 lapper. This time I led at the top mark again but Dave blew past and I ditched it in a gybe to become a sitting target for a slightly out of control Amac. A few ordinary other tacks and I was the usual 50m behind on the upwinds, 150m behind on the downwinds. I even put it in the piss through a gybe on the last run just to make sure.

But you’d struggle to complain about the day though. Really tight racing through the fleet, despite being a bit of a 1-way track most of the time.

Only 1 day left, and with a pretty ordinary forecast we’ll probably be postponed on shore for a while. I’ve pulled up to 4th, but won’t go close to troubling Rob, Dave and Amac for the placings.

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