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Sailing World Cup Round 1: Gamagori, Japan
The first round of the 2017/18 Sailing World Cup was held in Gamagori, Japan on the 15 th – 22 nd October. We arrived a
few days before the event to allow us to get some training in and to ensure our boat and equipment was all ready to go.
We were expecting warm, light conditions and were greeted with moderate temperatures and endless rain. The
competition was incredibly high quality, with 15 of the 24 teams ranked inside the top 20 in the world.
The first day of the event went off without any issues, with a light breeze filling in after a short postponement ashore.
Day 2 saw only 1 race being completed and saw us achieving our first top 10 result of the regatta.
It was expected that we
would be getting 3 races
on day 3 to make up for
the race lost on the
previous day but the race
committee was thrown a
curve ball and we ended
up with no racing, leaving
us even further behind
schedule.
After the unexpected day
off we were obviously a bit
too keen to get back to
racing with a UFD in the
first race of day 4.
Unfortunately, this was
then followed up with a
DSQ in race 5 after a close
port starboard incident,
leaving us with two 25ths
on our scorecard.
Despite this, we managed to finish the regatta off on a high, scoring a 12, 6 on the last day of racing after yet another
short postponement on shore, and an even longer postponement on water.
To sum up, the Japanese World Cup was an event full of important lessons both on and off the water. We learnt a lot
and are ready to get back into training and prepare for our next events in Melbourne and Sydney in the next few
months.
This experience would not have been possible without the continued support of The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht club and
its members, and we would like to thank everyone once again for helping us make the most of this opportunity to
represent our country.
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By Josh Dawson