Racing Day 1

Racing started in earnest today with 2 races in 14-17 knots. The races were about 50 minutes long and very tiring with the big waves. They sailed quite well and ended up with a 5, 6 which put them in a tie for 4th at the moment. Of course there is a lot of regatta to go, 3 more days and 6 more races, so anything can happen. But the conditions are expected to be very similar, although they are going to start earlier tomorrow to finish before the thermal gets close to 20 knots.

After this first day everyone has a good idea of who is who and where it all might shake out roughly speaking. The top 5 is very much up for grabs and the rest of the top 10 also. The top Japanese team skipper is a 470 world champion, so there are some really good sailors in the top 10. Once you get past about 15th the competition drops off a bit. I think everyone is glad we got here early so once racing did get going, the whole process was "old hat" and everything broken in, despite being very tired after today. The full results can be found here: https://www.snipe.org/news/womens-worlds-day-1-3/

For daily pictures, please see the SCIRA Japan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scira_japan/

Also, all boats carried GPS trackers so you can replay the races after the fact on your computer at: https://tractrac.com/event-page/event_20250723_…Read more