The 2012 Rolex Miami OCR got underway today, and we posted some solid finishes. We tallied a 1-2-6, which was good enough for a 5-point lead over our closest competition. Most notably, it was the first day we raced with our new boat! Needless to say, we are happy with how she performed.
The racing was close at the top today. We were lucky enough to have a jump on the competition in race one, and we extended around the course. The second race was tight all the way to the finish, and we discovered only after finishing that our Finnish training partners ceded their second to us due to a black flag penalty at the start. The final race was sailed in the least breeze of the day, down to 6 knots at times. We were a bit more in the thick of it around the course, and finished mere seconds behind first in an incredibly close finish.
It’s a long week of racing, and our goal is to put up four more days of good scores before the Medal Race on Saturday. Stay tuned to the regatta website, here, for results, media, and tracking.
Thanks to all of our supporters. We would also like to thank the sponsors and supporters of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics especially our title sponsor AlphaGraphics and Gold Partners Atlantis and Rolex. Finally, we want to extend a special thanks to our sponsor, Sperry Top-Sider who has a great presence here in Miami.
Erik
Nice start guys ! Tell “Wendy” good job.