Rainy and Blustery at the Chocolates Nestle Brazil Match Cup

by Paul Cayard

It was a rainy, blustery day in Rio today, but pretty tropical conditions. You could even say down right miserable.

Still a lot of racing took place. We on Team Cayard had a great day winning all four of our matches. We led all the way around in three of the matches. In the most exciting one, we trailed Joao Signorini and his team all the way around the course. But we kept it close, kept the pressure on them and took the lead in the final 100 meters.

The only other team [in the men's division] that is undefeated is Daniel Glomb's, they are 5-0. We will race them tomorrow.

Tomorrow we should finish up the round robin at which point the top four teams will go into the semi-finals.

The forecast is for this cold front to still be in place tomorrow so more rain is likely.

Current Results - Men's
Skipper, Match Race points + Fleet Race points = Total

Daniel GLOMB 4 + 1 = 5
Paul CAYARD 4 + 0 = 4
Torben GRAEL 2 + 0.5 = 2.5
André FONSECA 2 + 0 = 2
Xavier ROHART 1 + 0.25 = 1.25
João SIGNORINI 1 + 0 = 1
Robert SCHEIDT 1 + 0 = 1
Marco GRAEL 0 + 0 = 0

Cayard Sailing
Chocolates Nestle Brazil Match Cup