Perfekt! Aug 6, 07:22
Day 2 was perfekt for the GSGP and BMW ORACLE Racing.
Excellent weather and wind, good decision by organizers Tom Ross, Eckart Reinke & Co. to run the fleet races back to back (the nine miles out to Schilksee, finish, start FR2, and race back into the fjord to finish in front of the huge crowd on the promenade), and then all three matches in the fjord. It was a first for Kiel to have such big boats racing "inside." The TV production, despite the curve ball we threw at them at the last moment yesterday morning when we moved the match racing inside, hit another homerun. Check out the GSGP video clip running again this morning on Valencia Sailing.
And as you may have read elsewhere (our main team website is running great GSGP reports), Dicko & Co. won all four of their races yesterday -- two fleet and both matches. 71 looked happy in the 12-15 knots, and our crewwork was nearly flawless all day, especially in the match with UITG where 71 came from behind on the short (1.5 mile) run to the finish.
Photos? Well they, too, are all over the web. But, again, check out our terrific team photo site for all of Gilles Martin-Raget's latest shots.
Finally, my favorite shot of the regatta so far, if not the entire year, is below, courtesy of the Louis Vuitton Media Center and Bruno Trouble. As usual, click on the photo to enlarge -- this one's well worth the extra click.
Excellent weather and wind, good decision by organizers Tom Ross, Eckart Reinke & Co. to run the fleet races back to back (the nine miles out to Schilksee, finish, start FR2, and race back into the fjord to finish in front of the huge crowd on the promenade), and then all three matches in the fjord. It was a first for Kiel to have such big boats racing "inside." The TV production, despite the curve ball we threw at them at the last moment yesterday morning when we moved the match racing inside, hit another homerun. Check out the GSGP video clip running again this morning on Valencia Sailing.
And as you may have read elsewhere (our main team website is running great GSGP reports), Dicko & Co. won all four of their races yesterday -- two fleet and both matches. 71 looked happy in the 12-15 knots, and our crewwork was nearly flawless all day, especially in the match with UITG where 71 came from behind on the short (1.5 mile) run to the finish.
Photos? Well they, too, are all over the web. But, again, check out our terrific team photo site for all of Gilles Martin-Raget's latest shots.
Finally, my favorite shot of the regatta so far, if not the entire year, is below, courtesy of the Louis Vuitton Media Center and Bruno Trouble. As usual, click on the photo to enlarge -- this one's well worth the extra click.
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Near the end of the second fleet race Friday, won by Shosho, as the yachts pass the Kieler Yacht Club. The fleet of Optis racing here last week for the German Optimist Dinghy Championship sailed out to greet the fleet. Photo by Richard Walch (GER).
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Another perfekt day in store for today. Our thanks to Chris Bedford for keeping us posted with wx info and these daily slides from Valencia. And to Pierre Orphanidis (Valencia Sailing) for the kind email about how useful CB's daily weather slide is for all.
Kiel | by TFE
