Really bummed to be out of the running for a top result but we are very happy with our event and it is what it is. The intensity in gold fleet today was insane... racing was super tight and aggressive. Paired with the conditions of 18-23 (some reports of 25 but I'm not sure I believe that) it was really easy to make mistake and break something. We had 2 crappy starts and I thought for sure we could lean on our upwind speed (which was fast against all the boats around us). But in these conditions all the Euros are fast! I considered myself lucky to make it out of the windward roundings alive as 3/4 of the fleet arrived at nearly the same time with lots of boats coming in on port within the zone.
Mitch Booth broke both daggerboards in race 1.
Taylor did break a pole but was second around the windward mark and still finished 21st in race 3.