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Baird (SUI91) 3 - Holmberg (SUI64) 1
Racing got away in a steady 10-11 knot breeze on day 2, with Ed Baird at
the helm of SUI91 and Peter Holmberg on SUI-64. The boats started on
opposite tacks, with Baird tacking over to follow Holmberg out to the
right. When Holmberg came back Baird and SUI91 had found more
pressure and crossed ahead. SUI-91 led around the top mark and although
the boats came together on the first downwind leg with more pressure from
behind, by the next top mark Baird had almost doubled the lead and went on
to win by 49 seconds.
Race 4 was just one lap. Holmberg started to the left of Baird and
when the boats came together a few minutes after the start Holmberg showed
a small advantage but couldn't cross and tacked. SUI-91 tacked away.
SUI-64 rounded the top mark a boat length ahead and on the downwind leg
both boats were even with SUI64 finding a bit more pressure on the
left-hand side to finish 41 seconds ahead.
CREW QUOTES:
Peter Holmberg, helmsman
(SUI64): "Our group's sailing really well, the afterguard made a lot
of good decisions, the middle of the boat is putting in a lot of
horse-power and the bow is doing a good job, so when we do have a victory,
I think it is important to credit the whole team."
Ed Baird, helmsman (SUI91), at this point during Round 1, was
holding 1 win to Holmberg's 3. For Round 2, he is holding the 3 wins
to Holmberg's 1: "It's nice to know that we can have a three race streak
as well. The boats are awfully close and the teams are both great.
We know that no-one will win straight, we just have to do our best in each
race and I think the guys have done that. They sailed a really nice
race in the last one that we lost today. We just kept putting
pressure on the other team, we kept close, we were pushing, we were right
there at every opportunity and it didn't work, but that's match racing."
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