Team Hardesty had the toughest four races of the ten team lineup yesterday racing defending champions Bernsson and Brady as well as tour leaders Bruni and Iehl. While we were leading in all four races we took a couple rough penalties against the seasoned veterans giving te Swedish and Azurra teams enough victories to confirm their position in the semi finals. We drew the French team into two penalties and ultimately a black flag penalty after passing them on the last run to the finish and were able to beat Gavin Brady to the right and extend out of a brief tacking duel to give him his second loss of the entire event. Today will make or break our position in the semi finals. Currently we have one more point than Dave Perry’s team. Having beat him in the most recent round we should have and advantage in case of a tie but we would like to control or own fate by winning the final three races we have in the round robin today allowing us to make a chase for the Cup later this afternoon and tomorrow. The best part is that we’re learning more and more with each race and improving as we go, so we’ll just have to keep it up.
Results and coverage at http://www.lbyc.org/html/content.cfm?CID=1170
