30 July 2005

Greetings again from the RSA Team in Switzerland. We are now onto our 3rd day of sailing. Updated results for day 1 & day 2 (after 1 discard) are listed below:

Day 1 @ 2 Results
Andrew Collier, RSA 1329: 45; 51; 24; 58; 54; 65; overall position 172

Chris Gough, RSA 1347: 74; 50; 52; 56; 77; 48; overall position 197

Brevan Thompson, RSA 1370: 30; 31; 47; 13; 51; 54; overall position 119

Matthew Shaw, RSA 1369: 31; 55; 51; 44; 42; 54; overall position 160

Taariq Jacobs, RSA 1319: 29; 39; 46; 19; 13; 14; overall position 74

Today (Saturday 30 – 3rd day of racing), the sailors sailed a further three races in each division. Direction of the wind was about 15 degrees different to yesterday. There was a lighter wind, between 8 and 10 knots, with some very big shifts coming through. The conditions were very difficult. Official results are not out yet, but it appeared that our best result today was a tenth. (Brevan)

There will be team racing tomorrow at St Moritz Lake. Our team has not qualified – so we will be sleeping in, exploring the countryside, and watching the racing – from Alison’s hotel window!

We are having a two-day break, including the team-racing day, and we will be back online on Tuesday 2nd August – for race 10.

The boys are in high spirits, and looking forward to the break.

Cheers for now from:

Taariq
Andrew
Chris
Matthew
Brevan
Rob Onvlee- Coach
Alison Thompson- Manager
Jill Onvlee- Country Rep