Here the date from the USA nationals




The shifty offshore NW breeze again challenged the sailors on Biscayne Bayless, although it strengthened to 8-12 knots.

Rob Parrish and Lars Guck (USA) made a lot of good tactical decisions today and kept on the pace as well. This gave them finishes of 1-4-1, and gave the young helmsman a lot to smile about.

Gaebler/Struckmann (GER) and Johansonn/Stittle (CAN) continued their very tight competition, with Gaebler/Struckmann taking finishes of 2-3-4 while Johansonn/Stittle took finishes of 3-2-2. At the end of the day they were tied at 13pts.

Daniel/Rodriguez missed a shift on the first upwind leg and ran in 5th place behind Grandfield/Kuschner for the next two laps. At the finish Daniel/Rodriguez pulled up to 4th place, 1 second ahead of Grandfield/Kuschner. Robbie and Enrique returned to form in the next two heats, and finished the day with 4-1-3.

THE RESULTS AFTER 5 RACES
1 USA 804 Daniel/Rodriguez 1 1 4 1 3 - 10pts (ALU)
2 GER 1090 Gaebler/Struckmann 2 2 2 3 4 - 13pts (ALU)
3 CAN 369 Johansson/Stittle 3 3 3 2 2 - 13pts (ALU)
4 USA 802 Parrish/Guck 4 4 1 4 1 - 14pts (CARBON)
5 USA 813 Grandfield/Kuschner 6 5 5 6 5 - 27pts (CARBON)
6 CAN 2 Dubuc/L'Abbe 5 6 6 5 7 - 29pts (ALU)
7 USA 824 Malcheski/Malcheski 7 8 7 7 6 - 35pts (ALU)
8 USA 839 Thinschmidt/Wierda 8 7 DNC DNC DNC - 42pts (ALU)


MASTS and SAILS
Daniel/Rodriguez Aluminum/Ullman-Gransegel
Gaebler/Struckmann Aluminum/Ullman-Gransegel
Johansson/Stittle Aluminum/Performance
Parrish/Guck Carbon/Landenberger-Olympic-Gransegel
Grandfield/Kuschner Carbon/Landenberger-Olympic-Landenberger
Dubuc/L'Abbe Aluminum/Ullman
Malcheski/Malcheski Aluminum/Ullman
Thinschmidt/Wierda Aluminum/Landenberger-Gransegel


Wouter