Final result

After our disappointing first day with results of a 15 and 12 we realized we were no longer contending for a position at the front of the fleet. We set a goal to make mid fleet. The next day we moved to 12 with two 8th place finishes. The rest of the regatta we steadily moved up two positions a day averaging 8th place finished each day. The last 2 days we had to make many tactical decisions to beat the Irish and the Italians. The next to last day we did not perform, leaving us in 10th place with one race left and 3 points out of 8th place. The last race was light and we won the pin and showed great speed to the left and tacked with half the fleet from the left, only to get a huge right shift, but we found the Irish in last and Italians right behind us. The last upwind was very challenging with our competitors spreading out and shifty breeze. We rounded with one boat in between us and the Italians and Irish. We needed to pass 2 more boats downwind to secure 8th. We split opposite of the fleet and it paid, we crossed France, Norway, and the Omans. This got us the necessary points to secure 8th place overall, mid fleet at ISAF youth worlds. The team had one last night together and everyone split early the following morning. I am now flying to Boston for the hyc regatta with over 25 f18s. Then it's back to building a cats.