MRT reports on Day Two - Toyota Sopot Match Race
Mirsky Racing Team are competing at the Toyota Sopot Match Race 2008 Grade 1 in Poland. The leader is Keith Swinton (AUS). MRT lie third 6-8, after a double penalty today against Adam Minoprio (NZL) hurt their chances of retaining the lead they shared on Day One..jpg)
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Read MRT's report on the day's events:
Today we saw all kinds of weather with heavy rain fronts moving through, leaving behind blue skies and light winds for the afternoon's racing. With half of the teams finishing the Round Robin today, we are looking comfortable to get into the second stage, despite still having three races tomorrow morning. However, the big surprise has come from fellow Perth youth team, Black Swan Racing, skippered by Keith Swinton who has finished the Round Robin on nine wins and only two losses, putting him in first place - an impressive feat considering this is his first Grade 1 event.
Following him is the other young Australasian team of Blackmatch Racing out of New Zealand who are sitting on eight wins and three losses.
We started the day racing the Polish team who qualified for this event just last week. We were put on the back foot from the beginning and had to follow them around the track for the first lap after losing the prestart. At the bottom mark however, he let us split to the favoured right hand side, and we got to the top mark with a comfortable lead that we maintained to the finish.
Next up we had Adam Minoprio and his Blackmatch Racing team. By this time the winds were gusting up to 30 knots, making the boathandling vital during the prestart. We weren't quick enough to realize this, and suffered considerably, getting a double penalty just off the start line. Minoprio covered us tightly all the way around, and wouldn't let us pass, so we had to concede to adding one more loss to the tally.
After a long pause for damage from the squall, we raced Marek Stanczyk in light, shifty conditions. We won the start convincingly and started to get into our groove a lot more than the previous two races. We managed to lead around the whole race track, ending our day on a positive note with two wins and one loss.
A special thanks to Line7, Harken and the Royal Perth Yacht Club for their support.
by Mirsky Racing Team - Kinley Fowler 
Devonport, TAS
