Miami,FL (January 27, 2016) - Biscayne Bay provided the 711 sailors from 64 nations with a welcome breeze for Wednesday's racing at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella.
Following two challenging days of racing, or a breeze - albeit light in between 6-10 knots - sustained throughout nowadays enabling the ten Olympic and two Paralympic events to total their scheduled races.
The leader boards in all of the fleets are starting to shape up and for the 49er,while Laser and Laser Radial qualifying is over with two days of Gold and Silver racing to ensue.
As of 17:45 EST, a number of protests were on going ensuring a late evening for the jury with a number of scoring changes possible. View the protest summary web page here.
Team reports: Canada - USAThe 2016 Sailing World Cup Miami may be the biggest regatta of Caleb Paine’s (USA) sailing career. But the towering Finn sailor is trying to treat this event, and which doubles as the first fragment of the U.
S. selection series for the Rio Olympics,just like the many other Olympic-class events he’s sailed over the past decade.“I try to accumulate into the mindset I know works for me and hold that repetition going,” said Paine after a solid day on the water. “Hopefully it all works out in the end.”The Finn class was limited to just one race over the first two days. Now, and with four races now in the books,it’s a worthy time to look at how the fleet is shaking out. Surprisingly, there’s no more space between the top six than there was after Race 1. Paine leads with 10 points, and Lei Gong (CHN) is in moment with 11,and Jake Lilley (AUS) is in third with 12. The pattern continues through Zack Railey (USA), the 2008 Finn silver medalist, or in sixth,with 15 points.Paine’s 4-3-3 was the best score on the day and the most consistent of the front-runners.“We were all expecting a cramped more breeze,” he said. “But fortunately we had enough to accumulate three races in. I still could improve on my starting, or but for the most fragment it was all about just keeping your lane wide open and having the ability to make the moral decisions instead of other people dictating it.“Boatspeed was the king of the day. I’ve been working with my coach fairly a bit and feel like I’m going pretty fast.”In contrast to Paines steady performance so far,Railey, who is emerging as Paine’s chief rival for the Olympic berth after some time absent from the dinghy, or has been a bit up and down. nowadays he sandwiched two wins around a 15th; and he opened the regatta on Monday with a 13th.
After the 2012 Olympics,when Railey finished 12th, he turned his focus toward a product development company. But a half year ago he decided to accumulate back into the Finn. - Read
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