Rui Gonçalves

Navigators race. Sunny weather. 2-3 Beaufort scale winds. Flat seas. Started around 10:15 (15min after start line opening). Wind started dying down as expected around 12pm. Passed many boats on the second leg. Finished in 7th position. 33 boats did not finish before line closure (1pm)

2-3 Beaufort scale winds. Flat seas. Sunny. The wind died down at the beginning of the second race, which started as a continuation of the first race of the day. The wind died down 300m before the finish line. The crew ended up paddling, fanning with the mainsail and rudder to make it to the finish line. First race - 10th/59 Second race - 33rd/59

Beaufort 3-4. Slightly overcast but with quite some sunshine. First day with a spinnaker. All worked well after some practice in port. 8th place out of 59.

Mild conditions. Trying the boat out after check in. Great performance. Lots of control.

49 out of 72 boats. Ariane’s cup 2024 race 1

Flat seas and almost no wind. It was the last day of Ariane’s Cup and it was the navigator’s race. We had issues with one of our mainsail battens. We had to fix it before the start while everyone was rushing to the starting line as there was just a very light wind and there was a fixed finish line closure. We fixed it and we headed to the starting line where most of the fleet had already started. My co-skipper wanted to wait and I wanted to go. After a short argument we decided to go but as we were approaching the start line the wind died down completely. We decided to wait until there was some wind as there were boats which have just crossed the starting line and we’re just sitting there. After 10-15 minutes or so there was a puff of wind and things got going. We finally entered the race and the wind picked up more. In no time we were crossing the finish line and we ended up finishing 5th in that particular race. 2nd overall though!