Half way through the fleet racing CORK is providing a vast variety of conditions, temperatures, rain and sun. The forecast for the first day of racing was for a building breeze. However, one US sailor after day one summed up the variety of conditions as "light, heavy, light, heavy, light, heavy... even in one race!" If varying conditions have made it difficult, the unpredictability is making it even more challenging. Again, the sailors themselves tend to be most succinct. "Typically when a big dark rain cloud is approaching you head straight for it expecting wind. Today, all we got was wet." As result consistency is beginning to be the story for this regatta, at least for the first half. Photo by David Hein (daveheinphotography.com)
