life in the fast lane

Hey ppl,
the sin team is back at wsc, in addition a few other international sailors are here, abe and mike leigh from canada, and stian, kristian and oscar from scandinavia and james from ireland. Thursday was good with light winds of 5-8 knots, me alex and kev sailed with krystal weir near vaucluse bay. This was the lightest of the week as today was blowing. Vic, Manyi and I raced radials at double bay in 18-22 knots. The waves were also so irregular. Kevin, Ash and Zhen Hao sailed full rig. We had two races:
Race 1: Start; 16 knots, good start in the middle went all the way out to the port layline before tacking in. By this point, the wind had picked up to 18 knots. I rounded the top mark 4th, a fair distance in front of the pack behind me. In front were Peter, Martin and Manyi. I caught up with manyi on the reach and extended my lead over her on the next reach. By the bottom mark, i was near Martin, on the next upwind, the wind picked up to about 20 knots, i went far left losing my position to manyi who went far right. At the top mark i was 4 boat lengths ahead of vic and 10 boat lengths behind manyi. The same thing happened the next upwind. On the last downwind, manyi capsized and recovered just in front of me, reaching the bottom mark, i gybed and capsized, losing my hat and bottle. i uprighted just in front of ash who was in the full rig start and finished 4th.

Race 2: Start; 20 knots, average start in the middle, i went all the way out before taking midway, at the top mark i was 2nd behind peter and just in front of manyi. Extended my lead by alot, to abt 10 boat lengths at the bottom mark, but 5 minutes into the upwind, i tacked and got stuck in irons, although i was still 2nd i almost lost to martin and manyi... i went up left and tacked, going into irons again in 24 knots. vic, manyi and i stopped after that upwind where manyi was 3rd, i was 4th and vic 7th.