Well it was forecast that there would be no wind today, but we have just returned from the club to our hotel (and operational wi-fi!!) having had 3 races sailed in good wind apart from the last beat or so, when it went very light and the big shifts set in again, like we had earlier in the week. Shortly after racing finished it started to spot with rain.
Some great results by the team today including 3 top 10 finishes one of which was a Ollie securing a thrilling 2nd place after a spectacular duel with one of the URU sailors in the third race. Scott also managed a 6 and a 7. Ollie had earlier managed an 11 too. Haven't seen provisionals for all the races yet and no overall results yet, so won't guess them here in case I get them wrong, but the guys also managed a number of results around 20 or so. If you want some fun then the tracking replays of race 14 should be entertaining - watch Mr Whitfield's final beat and compare his leg time with everyone else's - well done Matt who pulled off a well-deserved 23rd from the jaws of doom.
The AGM concluded today with voting for the 2012 Worlds going in favour of DOM (but only just 33/30) against DEN. And the 2012 Euros will be in ITA near Venice. The Euro Team Racing Champ will once again be held in Ledro, and we have invites for Chennai (IND) and the 2012 Africans in TAN (Tanzania). So there are plenty of great events to look forward to.
The GBR delegation are going out to dinner tonight at an authentic Malaysian restaurant.
We have one more race to come on Friday, so please keep everything crossed for the sailors.
Follow the progress of the GBR Optimist Team at the 2010 World Championships in Malaysia.
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