Gold fleet racing started from yesterday. This means we are sailing with the best 40 boats of the fleet against each other. Yesterday we only sailed one race. We were up in good position, fighting hard. Unfortunately we lost a few boats towards the end, finishing 18th. At this stage our worst result is a 19th place. As you know (or not..), from all 10 races in the end, you can only discard your worst result, from all the other races you count all points. Always towards the end of a regatta many boats already have one bad result, for example a disqualification or a 30th place. This means they can discard this race at this point, but if they have one more bad race, they must count the points. 

Today we had two more races. The first race we were smoking around the course in 4th position, but the last upwind we could not read the wind well and fell back to 13th, ouch.. The second race we started a bit further in the back, but we managed to pass boats every leg around the course, crossing the line in 9th position I think. So far our worst result is still a 19th place and that is slowly starting to pay. We are now in 23rd place overall. Hopefully we can still finish around 15th place after a good day tomorrow. 

Stevens