Continuing from before, Day 2 of Laser Trophy was perhaps a complete opposite of Day 1, it started pretty much the same, with myself taking the morning bus down with Vic to NSC before rigging up with the sea as becalmed as ever and for the umpteenth time in Singapore, we waited for the wind. By about 2+, there was a light and steady breeze filling in from the SW that the RO deemed sufficient to race in, and hence, we launched. Whilst launching, I had stepped into oil that was leftover from the oil spill the week before, not a good omen but I tried to remain undistracted. Rather confused by the breeze, I went to Brett to ask for advice and he said, if in doubt head right. A piece of info I should have heeded. With a 2-5 knots breeze, I opted for a clean start down the line which worked out pretty well. I then headed left hoping for a small left hander that could take me back to the right. Unfortunately, it never came. After waiting what was definitely too long, I tacked back but by the time I had been deep out in the outgoing current. Nevertheless, I tried my best to make left work and at times, I had angles that made me seem in the lead. But by the top mark, I was deep in 7th and could never recover throughout the race.
After Day 2, I was in 2nd overall:
Keerati- 2, 1, 3, 3, 3 12pts
Scott- 4, 2, 1, 1, 7 15pts
Rajesh- 3, 10, 6, 2, 2 23pts
Victoria- 6, 4, 2, 12, 5 29pts
SL- 1, 12, 5, 7, 6 31pts
Day 3 was pretty similar to Day 2 in the sense that we waited pretty long and only had one race by the end of the day. In slightly more breeze than Day 2, I had a reasonable start with a clear lane almost immediately, with a small left hander, I tacked away onto port and had a pretty nice gust that helped me sail into the top 3 by the last third of the beat. Playing the shifts pretty well at the top, I then managed to lead at the top mark by about a boat length from Rajesh. On the reach, he closed up a little but on the downwind, I got into the new breeze first allowing me to open up a 4 boat length lead by the bottom mark. Good, but not enough. The second work saw both of us sail pretty much the same course but at the end, I got into a gust that he didn't allowing me to open my lead significantly and finish the race in 1st.
End of Day 3:
Scott- 4, 2, 1, 1, 7, 1 16pts
Keerati- 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, 8 20pts
Rajesh- 3, 10, 6, 2, 2, 2 25pts
Victoria- 6, 4, 2, 12, 5, 4 33pts
Natthawut- 10, 6, 4, 4, 9, 5 38pts
Day 4 finally saw good solid breeze return to the event with us launching almost immediately and a 8-14 knot breeze settling over the course. The 1st race of the day saw SL lead from start to finish and pretty much unbeatable, whilst I fought throughout the race with Rajesh for 2nd, eventually loosing out to him. Race 2 of the day was one of my best comebacks, and after having to do a penalty at the start i sailed an okay first two legs, before getting a good left hander on the 2nd upwind and sailing a really good downwind to win! The last 2 races of the day was held in slightly less wind about 8-12 knots and apart from loosing to SL by very little in race 3 of the day, nothing much really happened.
After Day 4:
Scott- 4, 2, 1, 1, (7), 1, 3, 1, 2, 3 18pts
Keerati- 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, (8), 4, 5, 3, 1 25pts
Rajesh- 3, 10, 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, (15) 35pts
Victoria- 6, 4, 2, (12), 5, 4, 7, 2, 6, 2 38pts
SL- 1, 12, 5, 7, 6, 11, 1, (ocs), 1, 5 49pts
Day 5 was pretty much the same as Day 4, sailed pretty solidly throughout the day and had a great last race, winning from start to finish by quite a distance in solid breeze.
Final results:
Scott: (4)-2-1-1-(7)-1-3-1-2-3-2-1-2-1 20pts
Keerati: 2-1-3-3-(8)-4-(5)-3-1-4-2-1-3 30pts
Rajesh: 3-(10)-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-(15)-3-3-5-8 44pts
Victoria: 6-4-2-(12)-5-4-7-2-6-2-7-(10)-3-2 50pts
SL: 1-(12)-5-7-6-11-1-(ocs)-1-5-1-4-6-6 54pts
