Mini Med March 28

[Adrian]

Craig's first Euro race this year is the Mini Med.  He has his Seattle crew member Kurt with him for this opener.
It looks as though there are 4 Zeros entered among the 8 series boats, including Joel Miro the ex-Spanish Figaro champ & current builder of the Zero.
There are 9 protos entered & the weather forecast is good.
You can follow the boats thanks to sat tracking.
The race site is open at:
http://www.nauticescala.com/index.asp?docId=2489&MenuID=2488&seccio=1

[craig]

Race postponed 24 hours for bad weather forcast.

[Phoenix]

Hey everyone,

They have a race tracker that's updated quite frequently. Craig is doing well, currently in a drag race with a brand new Manuard proto (Speedy Maltese)...

http://live.adventuretracking.com/minimed09

enjoy

[kokopelli]

He is looking good!

Go Craig!  I am glad that after all the work you are out there doing it!

[Adrian]

There are some great action shots of the start of the race.
Go to the race website http://www.nauticescala.com/index.asp?docId=2489&MenuID=2488&seccio=1
Click on Fotografias,
Click again Fotografias again on the pic page

Craig & Karl demonstrate the laid back NW coast style in pic 0612HA1W

[Phoenix]

pretty cool video of the start here... looks pretty lively, especially Joel (677) losing his spi at the end.

http://www.navegar.es/navegar/web/competicion/ver/Otras-I-Mini-Med/320/8

[Phoenix]

apparently Joel's bowsprit actually broke, nice video of them just before it happened...

http://videos.navegar.es/video/iLyROoafJ5xH.html

[sr]

The last phrases of the video are something like:

a- 'They just broke the bowsprit'
...
b- And now what?
a- What you want to do? Just continue without it...


Santi

[Adrian]

For those who did not check the results on Leo's site - Craig finished 3rd in Series - a podium finish in his 1st Euro race as skipper.