Day 2 and still no joy with gusts. Its a total dice roll here. I watched the 2nd silver fleet today and saw 3 or 4 gusts come through that one or two people were able to capitalise on- all of them made the top 5. This morning I could barely hold up a sandwich. All due to the first round yesterday... but they came good during the day. First round I raced on the SP53 and 7.8m. Was in 3rd for the first half then some good gusts came through at the end and I watched my place dropping out the door. My last run was 10 seconds late to the start (the course closed) and was 1 knot faster on 10 sec than the next best... oh well. That was my gust but it came too late. The second round wasnt much better. Watched my ranking dropping all through the round unable to find wind at the start. Reeled off a string of 37s and a 38 but couldnt get the start. Going back upwind I saw some others get the lucky gust there. Maybe next rounds we will see some more random shuffles of positions. The guys who are on top are making the most of the conditions for sure. Its great to see some new faces in the mix! Jacques and I seem to be having a points battle. We were equal points this morning but neither of us know how we will do today since we were so close. I only did runs in the rounds to save my arms. I have to say the new sails are feeling really really good so I cant blame my gear :)