Worlds day 5

The 5th day of the worlds also dawned dark and stormy. However, this time, the southerly system wind really materialized. We had two epic races in breeze ranging from 12 to over 20 knots. There were several squalls which came through and made for interesting racing. A lot of folks went swimming. Team Ötzi was going great in the strong breeze. We seem to be much faster in the breeze than in light air. In race 7 we posted our best finish so far at 104. The results of race 8 are not yet posted, but we lost several boats on the last run when we dumped the last gybe of the race. this was the only time we went swimming. We still pulled the kite back up for the rest of the run.

Anyway, it was an epic day of sailing in big breeze. The sail in to the club was a 2 sail reach and we pretty much blasted it the whole way. We hit the dock tired, sore, wet, and really really happy.
















Team Ötzi after racing on day 5 of the 2005 505 worlds. Wet, tired, but not cold, and STOKED.