Grey cloudy skies and calm conditions kept the Finn fleet ashore at Takapuna Beach Reserve this morning and the world's best Finn sailors waited for wind.
They were rewarded for their patience, and the Race Committee for their perseverance, heading out onto the Hauraki Gulf in anticipation of a light breeze which eventually came down the course and allowed for two races to be sailed and added to the score card.
Andrew Murdoch remains New Zealand's top placed sailor but has slipped to 13th overall after placing 43rd and 37th in the fleet of 76 boats.
Murdoch says, "It wasn't a typical day here - there were tricky things happening with the wind. I felt I executed the starts really well in both races and strategically I did what I wanted to do but it wasn't the right call."
He continues, "Finishing the second race today I was pretty frustrated with how things went, I spoke to John Cutler our coach and we went through it and just parked it there. We talked about some of the good things I did today and will just look to keep doing those."
