(Key West, Florida)- The first day of sailing could not have turned out nicer for the start of Key West Race Week. For many, its why the sailors come back for more every year to this corner of the far western Caribbean. With gorgeous aquamarine waters punctuated by white, torn cotton cumulus scudding across sunlit skies, it's not hard to imagine the sailing is second to none. Today's weather forecasts of lightish N/NE winds of 4-8 kts for Monday and building late in the afternoon to 8-13 kts from the NW meant the fleet was going to be in for some unusual strategies going around the race course. Would the sailors follow the classic tactics of going into the island, or go left and pray the weather forecasters were wrong?! The "chutes & ladders" results in the J/70 class were certainly an indicator that ideas ranged across the board.
The PHRF Racers had some incredibly tight racing on the Division Three course. In PHRF 1, a familiar name as at the top of the heap, with Robin Team's J/122 TEAMWORK sailing to a 1-2 and holds a narrow edge over Jim Bishops J/44 WHITE GOLD with a 3-1 and Bob Hesse's J/111 LAKE EFFECT in third with a 2-3.
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more results and sailing information on Key West Race Week- please see all information here.
Robin Team Interview- as a perennial J/122 campaigner, Robin's team on TEAMWORK have been veterans of Key West Race Week for years and are a top team.
http://youtu.be/AgUmolo_lyQ
