Dan Slater at the Gold Cup

Hi
Well not great news but I did have good starts. The breeze was late today so we were postponed for an hour then it came in quite quick to about 12knots and topped out at 16knots during the second race.
In race one I just couldn't hold my lanes and really struggled to point well upwind. I rounded the first mark 40th and gained boats on every leg to finish 25th but was really frustrated with the height problem.
Race 2 I had a change of Tactics and I started down the pin end and with 3 others we tacked and crossed most of the fleet. By the top mark I was 9th or 10th and and with good pointing it should have been a top 5 rounding. Not to much changed down the first run and the fleet split at the gate. On the second beat I went out to the left and I picked up some places to round the top mark 6th. Then on the final 2 reaches I was able to take another two boats and finish 4th.

The 4th was a good result but I was a bit lucky that things fell into place as I was still struggling for height upwind. I know have a bit of work to do in the next 4 races but will fight till the death on this one.

Dan

Dan Slater