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Australia experienced their first loss of the series in the morning, losing to the USA. Prior to that they had an exciting race against one of the Great Britain teams. The British boats had taken the first and second positions. In order to pull a draw the Australians had to sail circles in front of the remaining GBR boats, forcing them back to the last places, which they did, winning the race. This was an excellent display of team tactics.

After an hour ashore the top four teams (Australia, Great Britain A, Canada, and the USA) sailed off in the semi finals in conditions that were a little fresher and produced some spectacular rides, especially on the down wind gybes! The benefits of short course racing with numerous starts was made obvious by the improvement of the boat handling and sailing skills of the crews.

The format for the semis was the first two of three races. Both winning teams were able to win the first two races, so sailing the third was not necessary. The semifinals were won by Australia and Great Britain A.

The team finals will be sailed tomorrow morning. It should be a good contest.

Sail Number	Helm	Crew
Great Britain A
GBR 1506	Mark UPTON-BROWN	Mike PENNOCK
GBR 1517	Victor BRELLISFORD	Damian ASH
GBR 1484	Chris TURNER	Peter BAGWELL
GBR 1503	Andrew PARTINGTON	Ben VERNIERES
Australia
AUS 632	Brad DEVINE	Denis JONES
AUS 626	Grant GEDDES	Dan WILSDON
AUS 625	David HAYTER	Alan POLLITT
AUS 631	Lindsay IRWIN	Andrew PERRY

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