A tale of two very different races for the UBS In-Port Challenge – the first was led front to back by Ken Read’s PUMA team with barely a place change. The second race was only settled after an immaculate final gybe from Torben Grael and Ericsson 4 got them across the line in the lead, and gave them maximum points for the day – the Move of the Day.
Anyone in the fleet who thought that this team might be a little shaken and off their game, after a week in which they had to fend off a protest from the Rule Management Group, would have been sadly disappointed.
Pre-race expectations of some difficult conditions were fulfilled, with a puffy, shifty, northerly breeze blowing off the Singapore shore, and combining with a strong east-going tide to give everyone plenty to think about. While that did nothing to unsettle the rankings in the first race, in the second it provided plenty of passing lanes.