In ninth position Dee Caffari (Aviva, GBR) reported fair weather sailing conditions, but is sailing on the unfavourable gybe for her damaged mainsail, while Steve White (Toe in the Water, GBR, 11th) has been enjoying ideal conditions for the past couple of days, which have now given way to a less stable wind pattern.— YBW News
Somewhere in the gybe across the fleet's bows the jury decided that I'd gained too much from a rock or the gybe and gave me a yellow flag.— Sail-World.com USA Latest News
As we approached the leeward marks for the gybe into the finish I was close to 14th place and the inside-most boat of what appeared to be a monster melee about to happen.— Sail-World.com USA Latest News
"Our great moment was when we made a dummy-gybe against Ericsson 4 at the last downwind," he said.
A gybe is quite a challenge, and during the manoeuvre, the boat, her sails (and her skipper) are more vulnerable to the power of the sea.— YBW News
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