To watch the racing live, go to www.artemisracing.com and for results go to www.medcup.or

23 September 2010

A good day for Artemis today. Once again the coastal race proved to be to our liking as we finished a very credible 3rd.

The course zigzagged us across Cagliari Bay in 11-13 knots of wind from the South.

Matador got off to a good start just to windward of us and we were 1, 2 early in the race. We got a little caught up in a pack with Quantum and ALL4ONE and Synergy, while Matador escaped and built a comfortable lead.

In the end, after 26 miles it was Matador 1st, followed by Quantum, Artemis, ALL4ONE, Synergy and Emirates Team New Zealand.

Tomorrow, we are back to windward-leeward racing. The forecast is for tricky conditions preceding a Mistral on Saturday.

Paul

22 september 2010

Not a good day on Artemis. We had a 5, 9, 8.

The wind was a Southeasterly sea breeze of 9-13 knots.

We made a nice move on the last run of the first race to go from 9th to 5th. Other than that, our day did not have any highlights.

We seemed to get the wind shifts wrong most of the time.

Matador is sailing very well and Quantum is gaining consistency after their opening race. There was a big crash on the first windward leg of the third race between AL4ONE and Bribon which took both boats out of the race.

Tomorrow is the Coastal Race which has a scoring factor of 1.5.

Paul

21 September 2010

Today was the first day of the Audi Med Cup - Cagliari. Three races were held in 8-18 knots for the fleet of ten TP52s.

Onboard Artemis our first and second races were good with a 3,6 and we were 2nd overall at that point. Then a bad start and going the wrong way on the first windward leg of the third race put us way behind the fleet. We fought back to battle on the last run with Bribon and Luna Rossa, but we failed to pass them at the finish.

After light to moderate Southeasterly winds for three-quarters of the day the wind really piped up for that last race. The water was very choppy.

 Emirates Team New Zealand came out of the day in first, with Matador in second.

Tomorrow racing begins at 1300 and moderate Southeasterly winds are forecast again.

To watch the racing live, go to www.artemisracing.com and for results go to www.medcup.org

 Paul