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| Peter Vessella, Peter Shope, Emilio Castelli, Scott Ferguson |
It was more of the same today, strong breeze and big waves.
Scott was able to pull off a 2, 4 and Peter Shope a 3, 2 but with another throw
out allowed, Scott moves just ahead of Peter into 3
rd place
overall, only four points out of 2
nd.
As far as being able to reach Brett Beyer in 1
st
place overall well… it would take a last day of lighter and shiftier
conditions, as Brett is a freight train in the breeze!
(Read a little more about Brett Beyer of Australia -
click here.)
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| Conserving energy pre race |
At the end of the day, Scott was most happy with his 4
th
place finish, as it was hard earned. At the start he had a solid line site,
was set up on the middle of the line but had a moments hesitation. The guy
above him sheeted in a second early, just enough to roll over Scott. Not a usual
spot for the Ferg to be in! He spent the first quarter of the beat looking for
lanes and ducking transoms. At the weather mark he was deep, somewhere in the
high teens. Ah, but fast forward to the last leeward mark and he was back up into 5
th
place right behind Steven Schraffordt of the Netherlands. Scott stayed with him
for a bit but then peeled off to the left, having to ease the vang in the tack - yup, it
was that tight! Knowing that the committee boat was favored, Scott knew that he
would likely converged with Steven in the middle so best to add a high-speed
duck into the layline call! As it was it played out just so and Scott was able
to duck Steven’s transom with enough left in it to shoot the line and cross in 4
th.
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| Newport's Fleet 413 battling at the top! |
At this point in the game every point counts and in
Scott’s mind, he knew that his 4
th place could have been an ugly one
and having been over early in one race and death rolling in another … he
was all smiles to have come out of that one unscathed!
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