The morning was dark; storms were circling around Cres yesterday. Race committee decided to wait for the wind to stabilize on shore. There was a plenty of spare time. The sailors are always very good in resolving such a problem; they always invent some good games. The crew of Gringo 2 from Zadar and the Go!AWT from Zagreb organised a football match.

It was as if the ACI Marina Cres was preparing for the upcoming European Football Championship. Dramatic thrills, Jan Winkler’s rescuing the ball from the water and the intervention of the race doctor Marin Krstulović gave the impression of a real derby. The Gringo 2 crew won the football game with a lead of 3,5 points. Final results: Gringo 2 – Go! AWT 4,5 to 1. Most of the other crews were rather surfing on the internet than surfing on the waves.



Around 1 p.m. the boats were out on the course ready for the start, but the wind was not steady enough, so they waited another hour and a half. Wind from 175۫  gave the signal for the third start at 2.50 p.m. The starts were much better; more boats were on the line and even more over the line. Until the first mark there were 1,78nm, but the real surprises started on the second beat when the wind shifted to the right and destroyed many tactics. Normally, on this course along the Punta Pernat you always go right because of the current and wind, but today in the second beat those who were right were in a better position. The weather was unsteady, nothing to do for the racing committee. Today’s results mixed up a little bit the overall results.

In the second group there was the biggest surprise. The Czech SY Three sisters with the skipper Milan Hajek won the third race and jumped on the second place overall. In the third group the Italian Squalo Bianco lost the lead. The new leader of the group is the Italian Escandalo with Manuel Costantin on the wheel. In the first group there are no greater changes. Bohemia Express still leads the fleet with a second place from today.