RS500 World Championship at Aquavitesse, Holland - Days 3 & 4

Day 3 brought some uproar to the RS500 Worlds. With finally some serious wind, everybody was woken from their light wind sleeps. Capsizes were all over the place and the windy conditions also had its effects on the leaderboard. The light wind specialized Italians had their troubles and fell down while some Dutch and Swedish boats proofed to be specialists in "strong" (still just about 14 knots) conditions. The Brits Peter and Heather are still in the lead, but they saw competition getting closer with "meagre" results at the end of the day (4 and 8).

In the silver fleet the competition is perhaps even tighter. There are lots of contenders for the silver fleet prize although the Dutch Marieke and Richard (our hosts from Aquavitesse) appear to be the strongest bet at this moment.

Wednesday probably will be an entirely different day again with forecasts of relatively light winds. Our only hope against the Italians coming back is probably the British party tonight. They are bringing a 2 manned steel drum band and lots of drinks, perhaps enough to upset the Italians and hand them a hangover.

Day 4 report to follow.

Results after Day 4: (six races, 1 discard)