The Star class sailed race 6 today, in a spectacular northeasterly wind at 17 knots. Coming from the land, the wind was shifty and gusty, creating testing conditions for a good race.

Unfortunately, it was not a good day for the second overall going into day, Ross MACDONALD and Mike WOLFS (CAN). They lost their jib before the starting signal was given in an incident with the Bermudan boat and then sailed the whole race without it. Eventually they finished last. It must have been very frustrating but abandoning would mean getting an extra unnecessary point. After they filled a request for redress (RDG) they were reinstated by the protest committee and given 5.2 points. A bad day also for Greece’s Leonidas PELEKANAKIS and Giorgos KONTOGOURIS who broke their spinnaker pole on the first downwind leg, which affected their performance.   more...      Star EventHome...   Other class info...