day one...

have not seen full results yet (nor been able to watch tracking) but the best US performance of the day was by Christopher, who spent much of the day looking back at competitors. Christopher had two top 10s and a 15 (or so) in three races with typical conditions: light air, shifty, and current (strongest on right side of the course, especially adverse in R1). 3 relatively short races: R1: 8-11kn (35 mins), R2: 6-10 kn with left shift, R3: 2-12kn, with the first flight getting the 12kn beat in a rainstorm. R2c and R3c were both shortened to end at the gate, which denied Wade especially an opportunity to claw back on a second beat.
US parents were out in a typical local fishing boat "chartered" for the occasion (a picture forthcoming tomorrow), allowing us to get relatively close. early start (10a warning) tomorrow (presumably to get the morning breeze before it burns away)