From the following article on the Extreme Sailing Series website:
http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/intensity-turns-up-a-level-for-extreme-40-fleet-within-confines-of-porto-st#.UfLTIVOoV0o
- Collision between Red Bull Sailing Team and Team Tilt leaves the Austrian double Olympic gold medallists with a night of repairs ahead
- Leigh McMillan sets the blueprint posting a string of consistent results and extending overall lead
- Alinghi on the charge winning four of todays eight races
- Team Tilt's skipper Lucien Cujean gives his thoughts on his first day of Stadium Racing. Watch the video here.
- Watch today’s stadium racing replay online here.
The Douro River provided the playground for the first day of Stadium Racing at Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Porto today, where some teams thrived and others suffered within the confines of the tight racecourse, which is just 70 metres wide at its narrowest point. In contrast to yesterdays open water racing, today in the stadium everything was magnified and decisions had to be made in split seconds and manoeuvres executed smoothly, which Leigh McMillan did with precision, slowly extending his lead over the fleet, explaining, “Our game plan was to try and start well, communicate well and it's all about decision making. Making the right decision at the right time and taking the opportunities when they're there. You have to be looking at the water as it's changing all the time along with the tide and the wind so the game plan in terms of strategy changes every race.“
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