Extreme Sailing Series - On Artemis Racing it could have been worse

9:52 PM Mon 21 Feb 2011 GMT

'Second day of Racing, 21st of February. Extreme Sailing Series, Act 1, Muscat, Oman (20 - 24 February 2011)' Sander van der Borch / Artemis Racing ? Click Here to view large photo

Extreme Sailing Series Act 1, The Wave, Muscat. Day 2 report from the Artemis Racing Team. Well, it was a different day today. In the days leading up to the racing, it certainly felt like all the days had been pretty similar. Sunny, warm, fairly flat water and 8-14 knots of wind. We were starting to feel pretty comfortable sailing the Extreme 40 in those conditions (even though we are newcomers to the class). But today was different. It was cloudy, very lumpy water and 15-22 knots of wind. In fact, the race committee made all of the teams reef ...

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by Morgan Trubovich