Light and shifty for day two

But winners manage to repeat their performances from yesterday

OneWorld beat Stars and Stripes (Delta 1.50)

Facing a shoreside protest from Team Dennis Conner, the Seattle Yacht Club’s OneWorld Challenge soundly defeated Stars & Stripes on the water to move within two victories of the semifinals.

OneWorld took control of this match in the pre-start. The boats approached the line early with OneWorld to leeward of Stars & Stripes. OneWorld helmsman James Spithill forced his counterpart, Ken Read, to tack away to port. Too close to the line, Read was forced into a big dip to gain separation from the line. As the start gun sounded, OneWorld crossed the line with speed on starboard tack near the pin end while Stars & Stripes was tacking to starboard at the boat end in a downspeed manoeuvre.

OneWorld held the advantage at the first crossing, riding port across Stars & Stripes’s course. From there OneWorld applied a tight cover and always seemed to be inside on the lifted tack. Stars & Stripes trailed by 42 seconds at the windward mark, but used a shift on the run to close to within 12 seconds around the leeward mark.

Stars & Stripes initiated a tacking duel beginning the second beat, but OneWorld accelerated faster out of the turns and extended its lead. Spithill guided OneWorld around the windward mark with a 31-second lead. The delta became skewed on the last beat due to a large left-hand windshift.

Stars and Stripes			Oneworld
Bow	Jerry Kirby		Bow	Alan Smith
Sewer	Rob Myles		Mid-Bow	Don McCracken
Mast	Rock Ferrigno		Mast	Matthew Mason
Pit	Wally Henry		Pit	Jeremy Scantlebury
Mainsheet Assist	Chuck Brown		Grinder	Andrew Taylor
Upwind Trimmer	Mike Toppa		Grinder	Craig Monk
Downwind Trimmer	Bill Trenkle		Trim	Joe Newton
Grinder	Andrew Scott		Tail	Tatsuya Wakinaga
Grinder	Dave Calverley		Main Grind	Kazuhiko Sofuku
Grinder	Chris Kam		Main Trimmer	Don Cowie
Main Trimmer	Vince Brun		Strategist	Ben Durham
Runners	Tony Rey		Runner	Richard Dodson
Afterguard	Peter Isler		Helmsman	James Spithill
Afterguard	Terry Hutchinson		Tactician	Charlie McKee
Afterguard	Tom Whidden		Navigator	Kevin Hall
Helmsman	Ken Read		Skipper	Peter Gilmour
17th Man	Peter MacCausland		17th Man	TBC