Photographer:copyright : Martin Allen - pwpictures.com
Best wishes to the J/70 Celestial & Vamos teams competing at Cowes this week in a fleet of 32 boats.
After a good Day One on the Solent in a tricky W/SW that built from 10-15kts with stronger gusts, Celestial won Race 1 & came third in Race 3 to take the lead in the J/70 Short Series. Tim Ryan’s Vamos is in 6th Overall with 2nd places in Races 2 & 3.
Sam Haynes: "The start of the first race, clustered short tacking along the beach was amazing and awesome. You don't sail like that anywhere else. The mark roundings with the tide running and lifting you up to the buoy were also new for us. As well as windward-leeward courses, we also had some opportunities to blast reach, which means you have to get all the manoeuvres working well."
Good luck from us all down under. Follow the racing HERE
Celestial - photographer Paul Wyeth - pwpictures.com