Match Race Europeans Update from Team Monnin

First day in Hamburg with shifty winds. We were in the second group so we could see the first group racing with a lot of interesting matches and much lead changes.
The conditions remained unstable for our round. The race commitee abandoned our first race due to a wind shift. We were not so happy about that as we were clearly leading against Wibroe.
The second match was a desaster for us as we managed to lose a race despite leading at the last mark with our opponent Simoncelli still with an outstanding penalty. The match get closed before the finishing line and he was able to give us a penalty.
We had more success ont the last two races, even if against Lindberg the trapeze wire of our boat broke. JC took a swim in the brown water of the Alster, but we were on the right side with more wind and could win that race.
In the last race we took a comfortable lead at the start which we didnt give back.
All matches are very open and the level is even, difficult to predict who will make it through the final...

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Entry List
-Björn HANSEN, Team Apport.net - 8
-Staffan LINDBERG, Alandia Sailing Team - 11
-Matteo SIMONCELLI, Itway match race team - 12
-Andreas WILLIM, Team Willim - 17
-Pierre Antoine MORVAN, Team Morbihan - 18
-Peter WIBROE, Team Wibroe - 19
-Eric MONNIN, Team Monnin - 25
-Jule OREL, Slovenia MR Team - 38
-Maxim TARANOV, Team Taranov - 42
-Dario KLIBA, Croatia One - 43
-Marek STANCZYK, Team Stanczyk - 50
-Nick CHERRY Team Cherry 58