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Jose María Van der Ploeg (ESP), helmsman Turismo Madrid (ESP):
“It's a miracle that we've been able to finish the third race, since in the second race our keel laminate began to split apart, and broke completely in the third race. In any case our boat is too slow upwind, we can’t get to the left are where it pays, and if you are not at the top things gets very complicated.”
Paolo Cian (ITA), helmsman Roma II (ITA):
“It's been a great day today in terms of strategy and tactics. I try to put the boat in the direction the tactician tells me to, and when we do a good job in the pre-start we protect the left side we dictate the rhythm of the first beat. We do well when we've opened up a good gap, but it's easy to make mistakes and finish 4th or 5th in this fleet.”
José María Ponce (ESP), helmsman Islas Canarias Puerto Calero (ESP):
“It's not been our best day today, we've lacked consistency, and we are now second but far from Roma. Honestly that's quite a bit to try to do something. I think the first race has been bad for our aspirations, so now maybe we should try to secure the second place...the plan for tomorrow is winning the first race, and then we'll see. In the third race today, Team Nordic came really close to leeward and we had to stop, and then pass them from behind, so they probably took with them our possibilities of winning the race.”
Richard Mason (NZL), main trimmer, Team Nordic (SWE):
“We made some progress this morning getting our rig re-tuned, as some of the D2 turnbuckles were seized up. So we have had to start from scratch without really knowing where to go, and just trying what we can. Because of the problem with the shroud lengths, we cannot get up to the same jack pressure the others are carrying when the breeze comes up, so that hurts us when we try and hold a lane. Then the tack fitting blew up on the second beat of the last race when we were finally up there! But we keep trying, and tomorrow hope for some shifty conditions so we can get into the game a little better than we are now.”
Matias Picornell (ESP), navigator, Roma 2 (ITA):
“The team this week is pretty new, so we’re finally getting settled in together in knowing our roles, and its working well. This makes Paolo relaxed, which helps in our performance. We’re certainly feeling better than yesterday with this lead, but we have to keep it up one more day.” |
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