On board at the J70 Worlds in Palma 2024

On board Dime USA 1863 in Palma 2024 J70 Worlds

For the 2024 Worlds we ran an Insta360 X4 camera on an arm from the motor mount. The series is unedited, just trimmed for time, and full 360 video which you can pan around at will.

I highly recommend clicking through to the reports by Ivan Bulaja, the developer of SailViewer, which provide amazing insight and visualization of the data from multiple Vakaros Atlas 2 instruments used by the fleet.

Overall the event results didn't pan out as we had hoped, we had too many major starting and first beat errors to finish where wanted, but the venue and camaraderie were excellent and we will be back again!

Race 1, Finish: 78/95

Bad start. We got into an altercation with another boat, we felt they made no effort to avoid us. Our protest was deemed invalid on procedural grounds, but the real reminder is you can't even get into this situation in the first place, second row start in a very deep fleet is nearly impossible to come back from without a big dose of luck.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 1 - IB-Sailing SoftwareBack To All Races Created with SailViewer App Logged by: Reports Reading Guide Race Area Start No one can easily notice only 3 degrees of bias. Even the smallest wind shift can flip it over. Yet it creates 54 meters of bias. Most of the boats were still quite behind the line. To Nessa was… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 1

Race 2, Finish: 87/95

Large first left shift set us to mid-fleet moments after the start. Large line is a big lever. The major mistake was taking too much risk on the first run and getting stuck on the wrong side of the increasing left pressure. We plummeted to the back of the fleet and never recovered, getting even deeper by staying too far left on the second beat. From bad to worse.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 2 - IB-Sailing SoftwareBack To All Races Created with SailViewer App Logged by: Reports Reading Guide Race Area Start Again well set start line. Just 3 degrees and 50m of bias. This bias would otherwise be already significant, but all it takes is a small wind shift and tables turn quickly. I have no boats over, but many… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 2

Race 3, Finish: 19/95

Decent start for us, we stayed in phase on the first beat and rounded in the top quartile. No major errors and decent speed marked our first keeper.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 3 - IB-Sailing SoftwareBack To All Races Created with SailViewer App Logged by: Reports Reading Guide Race Area Start The bias is set based on overall wind direction calculated by tracks in first sailing minutes. However, this size of the start line easily has different wind on different sides. For example, Brutus on the pin side after tack… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 3

Race 4, Finish: 70/95

Major left shift in final seconds before the start. We missed it and setup to start at the boat. Unable to dig out.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 4 - IB-Sailing SoftwareBack To All Races Created with SailViewer App Logged by: Reports Reading Guide Race Area Start Hard to set the start line wind. At the pin was even more pin biased. At the RC probably a bit less. Different winds at different sides. Pin end boats tacking to port taking the lead. Rowdy and Brutus… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 4

Race 5, Finish: 57/95

More breeze on the left side when sailing in onshore Southerly. This advantage was compounded by the pin bias. We went for open space on the line after poor starting earlier in the series and were one of the right most boats on a 3:1 Port:Starboard beat. Not a good look. We sailed smart the rest of the race, especially beat two, to chip away and salvage a chunk of points.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 5 - IB-Sailing SoftwareBack To All Logs Created with SailViewer App Logged by: Reports Reading Guide Race Area Start Big Bias at the start. Too large not to be taken. Dime was at the gun 113m behind Rowdy 1st Upwind 3.6 to 1 was ratio of sailing on port vs starboard for pin end starters. As soon as… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 5

Race 6, Finish: 11/95

Good start, stayed in phase on the first beat and rounded the first mark in the top 10. Kept pace and had a great race.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 6 - IB-Sailing SoftwareCreated with SailViewer App Logged by: Reports Reading Guide Race Area Start Just a reminder that I have device distance to the line, so a few meters is still OCS. Some boats needed to go back. Good to go took the lead after the start, overtaken by Catapult a bit after. Only 2 degrees of… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 6

Race 7, Finish: 57/95

Good start, great first 2/3s of the beat. As fleet converges we lost a little bit of speed, video shows the mainsheet was too far out, killing pointing and then resulting in a bad feedback loop of frustration and tacking. Able to round in top quartile.

First run was tough, rounding low we were unable to hold high enough to prevent being rolled, then pressed into the corner late. Lost control of our destiny.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 7 - IB-Sailing SoftwareCreated with SailViewer App Logged by: Back To All Races Reports Reading Guide Race Area Looking at the big picture, it comes to my mind that left side could be strong due to small wind bend. Caused by the shape of the bay, or also by mountains bending the wind to leeward of the race… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 7

Race 8, Finish: 13/95

Major left bias. This time we were ready and able to tack on the first shift. Maintained our position with the top group. Keeper.

2024 J70 Worlds Race 8 - IB-Sailing SoftwareCreated with SailViewer App Logged by: Back To All Races Reports Reading Guide Race Area PreSail Presail showing average wind direction at around 75 degrees, using VMG>3 filter. Start 11 degrees of bias, just cannot be ignored. Vamos was called over, gybed and was still in front of all the boats to the right of… Read More »2024 J70 Worlds Race 8

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