MAY 12th

Open - Semifinals - Race 8

This is one of the most beautiful dawns. It seems like the sun’s incandescence grows bigger, little by little, while the waters change from silver to gold.

60 boats go to the water with representatives from USA, VEN, RSA, AUS, FRA, BRA, FIJ, GBR, GRE, GUA, PUR, NMI, NZL, SWE, TAH, VEN, ITA, AUT, CHN, NED, OMN, UAE y MEX. 23 countries are in this battle of global proportions.

10 knots of wind are coming from the northeast and with a shortened 2G course we suddenly have winners. The finish line is crossed first by Silvy and Jupin from France, Phipps and Cook from England and in third, Keag and Angwing from Australia.
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Open - Semifinals - Race 9

The enchanted ocean of sirens. The lonely sea of the cast away, the sea of every summer, the sea just imagined by those who live inland, the seven seas of the pirates and privateers, the luxurious ocean of those with the private yachts, the sea of the adventure, the sacrificed sea of fishermen… the sea is today also the Sea of The Cats.

Marks change with the turn of the winds and everyone gets ready to face one more battle. The pictures illustrate the action. The results speak for themselves: Legal and Delevaux from France, followed by Geert Schouten and Alessio diederiko from Netherlands. In the third place, Goritz and Monreal from Germany.

The favorites are at sight. Their names are being written and they also write the new history of the most ancient region of the American Continent.

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Open - Semifinals - Race 10

We have read the Los Angeles Times and in the crossword puzzle of last Sunday we found a surprise. The question number 25 horizontal says: Cat often see in water. The question fits in five spaces: Hobie.

You see? Everyone is into this.

And everyone starts the race at 1:55 pm with the loud signal of the air horn. The course is a shortened 2G. 5 circuits have to be sailed today and time is not a friend anymore. Over 35 degrees Celsius, 14 knots of wind coming from the NW (120 degrees), sky clear and blue and a lot of adrenaline are the ingredients of the moment.

And when we go to the finish line we can see probably one of the most spectacular race endings of this world championship. It is so tight that judges have a tough time deciding who won.

Blaine and Roxane Dodds from South Africa win by a sardine scale over Keag and Anwing from Australia. In third place crossing the finish line we have the team of China, with Peter and Juliet Bates.

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Open - Semifinals - Race 11

2:45 pm and they are off to go. The weather conditions are perfect. We’re on a shortened 2G course in order to have time for race 12. Winds from the east.

Anxiety tends to be treacherous. She causes the anticipated exit of several boats. This is understandable, when minutes away to conclude the semifinals.

We have just witnessed one of the most beautiful sights of the event: the end of the regatta was very similar to the beginning. An enormous group arrives to the finish line together and 5 boats of that group are in the first positions.

30, 19, 47, 46 and 38, representatives of France, Tahiti, Australia, Venezuela and Oman. Everyone else is in the results list.

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Open - Semifinals - Race 12

It comes to us the phrase that Captain Nemo would pronounce on his 20 thousand leagues under the sea: - “There’s no new continents in the secret depth of the ocean. There’s new men”.

This is the last race before the finals. For some, this journey could’ve been “I almost made it”; for others, maybe, a sudden and unexpected step forward; theres those who will understand its triumph as the result of many years of effort and consistency. And to this diverse convention of feelings there’s also some that knew they knew which their result would be all the time.

The wind will fly away the dreams of men and it will bring some more. A new specie will emerge from today’s list.

Time is much more than perfect. A heavenly Caribbean afternoon. It is 4:22. A complete 2G course. The final race comes out for the final effort when 13 knots of wind are coming from the Northwest.

The pass of the first 5 through the first upwind mark is in this order: 56, 33, 35, 58 and 27. For the first downwind leg the order changes to: 58, 56, 33, 27 and 38. On the second upwind: 58, 27, 56, 33 and 35.

Collision! Collision! The boats that during the last 3 turns have been leading the race collide. It is 27 from Worral and Seibold from Australia and the French 58 with Legal and Delevaux. The way to the finish line is now very near

Tonight judges will decide, after analyzing protests, who will be in the grand Final.
Good night to the entire world. We’re off to the Cut Party with shows of Cuban girls, tequila and tacos.

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