Two victories by Desafio Espanol

source: www.karoljablonski.pl

Once again we managed to fulfill the plan of the day by winning with China Team and Shosholoza.
The first victory with China Team was a formality and we treated it as the warm-up before very important match with Shosholoza. Wind was blowing today with the strenght up to 20 knt and the wave got big as well. Both of us started equally, us to the leeward of our rival and after intensive tacking duel we reached the weather mark just after the stern of Shosholoza. We managed however to get to leeward of him by better maneuvring and gained control. During whole downwind leg we were sailing close to each other, changing course and gybing very often what at this wind strenght costed grinnders a lot of hard work. Just before reaching the gate we got 20 seconds advantage but while rounding the mark we got terrified as one of our crew members fell of the boat and was taken out of water at the very last moment.If we didn't make it, we would be penalized what would change the situation completely. We controlled the game until the finish and when crossing it we were happy of what we have accomplished today. Tommorow another important matches with United Team Germany and Victory Challenge.

Regards,
Karol Jablonski