Only One Down In Denmark – Danish Open Day 2. #WMRT
A long day on the water saw MRT finish with 1-1 after a lengthy delay as the expected breeze did not fill in until the later hours of the day.
Light winds plagued the 2009 Danish Open today as race organisers only managed to get four flights underway in the unusual Arhus weather. Desperate to complete races the teams were sent out at 6pm in order to push through the format.
MRT faced fellow Australian Peter Gilmour and his Yanmar racing team in extreme conditions where the wind was not visible on the water. MRT lead around the course narrowly but a shift saw Yanmar Racing overtake down the last run to clinch victory.
“It was a tough day, sitting around for 9 hours and only completing two races is draining and to get pipped on the line by Gilly is disappointing but our
progress so far has been good” said Tudur from MRT.
The Danish duel between Olympic Gold medallist Jonas Warrer and local hero Jes Gram Hansen saw a black flag awarded to the Olympic champion before he crossed the starting line. The much anticipated race drew a large crowd on the shoreline to cheer on their respective team.
With 6 races remaining MRT are still in contention with only one loss from 5 races and hoping for a strong showing tomorrow in order to qualify for the next stage of the event.
Live tracking of the races is available on http://www.tractrac.com/?page=danishopen2009 or live race result updates can be found at www.worldmatchracingtour.com
Results After Day Two:
- Trifork Racing Jes Gram Hansen DEN (6-1)
- Stena Bulka Sailing Mattias Rahm SWE (5-2)
- MRT Torvar Mirsky AUS (4-1)
- Yanmar Racing Peter Gilmour AUS (4-3)
- French Match Racing Team Damien Iehl FRA (3-2)
- Wibroe Sailing Team Peter Wibroe DEN (3-2)
- ETNZ Blackmatch Adam Minoprio NZL (3-4)
- K-Challenge Seb Col FRA (2-3)
- French Spirit Mathieu Richard FRA (2-5)
- Jonas Warrer DEN (2-5)
- Bahrain Team Pindar Ian Williams GBR (1-4)
- Waka Racing Phil Robertson NZL (1-4)
Article by Kyle
