Going into the final day needed to finish ahead of the French and put a boat between us and Brazil to finish second in the regatta. Hamish Pepper from New Zealand had ten points on us so we needed him to make a mistake to have a realistic shot at passing him. Our plan was to sail for a top five result focusing on the two boats closest to us and shoot for second.

It was another tricky day on San Francisco Bay with light winds and shifty conditions. Today we decided it was worth starting at the pin because it was fifteen degrees favored. We were the second boat from the pin, just over fellow America’s Cup (Luna Rosa) teammate Torben Grail (BRA). We paced the Athens Gold Medalist for five minutes before tacking out to the right.

Well there is not a lot to say about a day where the wind was shifting more then 30 degrees and never seemed to go your way. At points during the race we were both hiking out to leeward to try to get the boat moving in no wind and on the last weather leg to the finish, our best route included a trip THROUGH the defunct Berkley Pier. All we can say is that we are re-setting for tomorrow and promise to attack with renewed vigor. Off to bed!

San Francisco gave everyone a "head fake" on Day 3 of the Star World Championship. With a forecast for little to no wind we were once again postponed ashore for an hour. After a slow tow down to the racecourse and lunch on a glassy bay, the forecast seemed right on target. But a break in the cloud cover beyond the Golden Gate fooled the weatherman, and the breeze came on quickly, building from zero to twelve knots in just a few minutes. We were quick to make adjustments to our setup transitioning from light to medium air and got down to business.

The overcast skies and light wind of day two at the Star Worlds was a near repeat of day one. There were no crews hiking during the first two attempts at a start but by the third start the wind had filled in quite nicely. We continued our conservative approach to the regatta focused on our goal to keep notching finishes in the top ten.