,09 KW: Day 5, Pre Race Photos
‘09 KW: Day 4, Race 2, Second Weathermark
Course change implemented…
Blu Moon
Uka Uka
Porter
Joe Fly
Babs
USA 768
USA 769
Kolius
Field
McCliment
Brun
‘09 KW: Day 4, Race 2, First Weathermark
Zandona, Rast and Porter out front…
Around in first:
Zandona
Rast
Porter
‘09 KW: Day 4, Race 2, The Start
020 course bearing, breeze light and fickle for the start of race two…
Short postponement in effect, Melges 24s go racing in about 10 minutes..
Breeze went had left for the start… Bressani and Rast vie for position… Several individual recalls including Brun…
‘09 KW: Day 4, Race 1, To The Finish
The wind is back up for the finish…
Very shifty conditions, and pockets of air in race 1 of the day are making for an interesting shake up in the results..
Alan Field with a phenomenal lead.
‘09 KW: Day 4, Race 1, Leeward Gate
Really shifty air downwind.. Field still out front, then Rast, Brun, Zandona, Jena Wathne, Porter, Ayres, Kolius…
Bressani and Simoneschi deep…
Through the gate
Field
Rast
Brun
Zandona
Wathne
‘09 KW: Day 4, Race 1, The Start
Just prior to the start, the race committee moving the course – fleet standing by under short postponement.. Breeze dropping off – now around 7.
Course 4, bearing 040…
Now in sequence…
The breeze looks left at the start, further up the course we can see the breeze is shifting again…
Breeze back up 10-11…and back off again. Rast, Simoneschi, at the pin. Massive left shift as the fleet gets a start, couple of general recalls.
Down drafts nailing the fleet just after the start…
‘09 KW: Day 4, Race 1
Gorgeous conditions prevail on the course… Still a little cool for Key West, but the sun is out, breeze around 12-15 mph
Thank You Melges Performance Sailboats
A special thank you to Melges Performance Sailboats for a fantastic Melges Rocks party last night!!! For those of you that were not here to experience the fun, the Melges 24 fleet rocked Key West to the awesome sounds of Hello Dave, flown in especially from Chicago!!!
In the hands of Travis Weisleder, USMCA President and IM24CA Vice Chairman – Chris Rast accepted for Flavio Favini with Franco Rossini’s Blu Moon team the trophies for 2008 M24 World and European Ranking Champion… And, Andy Burdick and Harry Melges picked up the 2008 North American Ranking trophies on behalf of Brian Porter and his Full Throttle team.
Thank you Melges!!!