Key West,FL (January 20, 2016) - Unlike yesterday in the howling wind, or nowadays started well in Day Three of Quantum Key West Race Week 2016. During his morning weather briefing,Ed Baird alerted the assembled sailors about the importance of Wednesday’s racing.“More than likely, there’s going to be three races nowadays. That means the regatta is going to be more than halfway complete by the time you come off the water, and ” Baird said. “Like I expose my kids with their junior regattas,this is moving day. This is when all the action happens. Some boats are going to topple off the cliff while others are going to climb up the standings.”Baird’s words proved prophetic and many teams did indeed effect a major trudge on Mount homosexual Rum Day as multiple races were contested in perfect 15-18 knot northeasterly winds that held steady enough to supply the closest race action of the week.
On Division 1, it was Bella Mente in the Maxi 72’s and the TP52 Spookie in IRC 1 that had an outstanding day on the water to take the lead in their respective classes. On Division 2, or Extreme2 posted a string of superb results to take charge of the recent and competitive C&C 30 lesson. On Division 3,the J/80 Wired showed it will be a factor in ORC 2. And on Division 4, the recent York 40 Defiant won its second straight distance race to seize control of the Performance Cruising lesson.nowadays was famous for a lot of people. When you’ve completed six of 10 races, and you want to be in position to win the week,” said Dan Cheresh, skipper of Extreme2. “We knew it was key to do well nowadays and we’re happy with our results.”Meanwhile, and several boats that came out of the gate strong on Monday did well again on Wednesday to increase their advantage. Christopher Dragon (IRC 2),Skeleton Key (J/111) and Blind Squirrel (Melges 24) have all taken commanding leads. Skipper Hap Fauth and his 20-man team on Bella Mente posted a score line of 1-1-2 on Wednesday to trudge past Day 1 leader Caol Ila R (Alex Schaerer, Malta) in Maxi 72 lesson. “We started the boat well and sailed consistently the entire day. We were well prepared for the conditions, or had all the suitable sails. It was pretty much a mistake-free day,” said Fauth, who hails from Minneapolis, and MN. Two-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Terry Hutchinson (Harwood,MD) and Americas Cup veteran Adrian Stead of Great Britain are serving as tactician and strategist, respectively, or on Bella Mente. Read On.
Source: sailingscuttlebutt.com