Mirsky leads Internationaux de France - Day Two
Kinley Fowler from Mirsky Racing Team reports on the team's progress at the Internationaux de France de Match Racing Manu Minard Trophy 2008. 
'Torvar Mirsky ? Dan Ljungsrik'
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Another long day on the water leaves us sitting on top of the leader board at the end of the Round Robin, only dropping two races to Damien Iehl and Mathieu Richard. After losing most of yesterday's racing to poor sailing conditions, the race committee were pushed hard to finish the Round Robin, and did so - completing all eight flights in just over ten hours.
We approached our last race with confidence after winning all of our races, except for the world number one Mathieu Richard after a mix up with which mark to round. However we were quickly brought back down to earth as Damien Iehl won the heavily favoured pin off the start line. We initiated a tacking duel, and made some good gains up the first beat. We managed to force a split in the second upwind, but unfortunately it was to the wrong side and we were back to square one.
Although it is always nice to finish the day on a high, it was probably to our advantage to get a reality check before entering tomorrow's quarterfinals.
The Scores after the Round Robin are as follows:
Mirsky 9 wins
Richard 8 wins
Iehl 8 wins
Minoprio 7 wins
Brenac 7 wins
Wibroe 6 wins
Baritel 5 wins
Ainslie 5 wins
Orel 3 wins
Morvan 3 wins
Neugodnikov 3 wins
Lanier 2 wins
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by Kinley Fowler 
Devonport, TAS
