Antigua. Superyacht Cup
11th December – Race day 2
The second day of racing gave us two shorter races. The wind was blowing around 20 knots most of the time with stronger gusts, although we did not have the heavy rain squalls of the previous day.
Each race was about fifteen miles, and the first race started with a beat up south coast of the island. We were the third boat to start on handicap, but soon overtook the other two boats on the beat to be first at the weather mark. We managed to hold the lead on the next two legs and finished comfortably in first place. Wild Horses suffered some damage and retired.
The second race was sailed on the same course, but in reverse. We had suffered some damage to the mizzen boom, so we could not use the mizzen on the second race. For the beat the wind was strong enough that we did not suffer, and despite overstanding the mark a little we still rounded first equal, alongside Signe. Kalikobass rounded close behind us. Tenacious suffered some damage to her mainsail and retired.
The second leg was a close reach and we steadily pulled ahead of the others. The final leg saw us hoist the spinnaker and hold our lead to the finish.
