D-One Gold Cup Alassio 2014 - Day 2
by Nick Simmons 18 Oct 2014 15:13 BST
16-19 October 2014
Thursday night saw the D-One fleet attend the championship dinner at a local restaurant hosted by Luca Devoti. Lots of pasta and fantastic fish dishes were consumed finished off by a metre tall jug of Grappa.
Day 2 was a game of two halves. The first race was started in 8kts in a challenging sea state left over from the overnight gale. Nick Simmons sailed a good first beat and run to round the bottom mark in 3rd just behind Nick Craig. With dying breeze the race officer shortened us and finished us at the top mark. Simmons found all the holes in the last beat and ended up swamped by a flock of Italians whilst Craig held on and took 3rd.
With the breeze completely shutting off the Race Officer raised AP over A and sent us ashore to wait further instructions.
With the second race looking unlikely many returned to the club house to commence an evening on the pasta and beer, only for the breeze to switch 180 degrees and fill in to 15kts.
With impeccable timing the RO managed to squeeze in the second race in a gentle evening breeze with the big waves now in the right direction for surfing downwind. Humphrey Carter sailed well working his way through the fleet to 6th at the last windward mark claiming second Brit with the ever consistent Mr Craig also pulling through the fleet to take 3rd.