Day two of racing was another frustrating event with the wind not wanting to play ball causing headaches for the competitors and race managers.

Australian windsurfer, Alex Halank commented on the difficult conditions presented to the competitors at Club Nactico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The light winds, murky water and water depth are factors that the team have to quickly adapt to.

“Yesterday the wind was fairly light and the race course was very tidal. Since the water is murky it's hard to judge the water depth and therefore current with some boats even hitting the bottom.” Halank said.

With day two only allowing for one race for both the windsurfers and Nacra 15s Halank believes that moving forward the lighter air has given him a good direction moving forward for the rest of the regatta.

“There are definitely many things I can improve on over the next week especially as I get to know the waters better and I'm very excited for the rest of the event.” Halank said.

Hailey Lea getting a nice lift back to shore in the light coniditions. Photo: Karen Gojnich 

Day three has opened up racing with a stronger 12-14 knot breeze from the south. Will Cooley and Evie Hasledine managed to start their event on day two only getting away with the one race but day three provided much better racing with the Nacras squeezing in four race. Against the tough competition the team settled mid fleet coming in at 11^th place but day three the team climbed their way up the leader board finishing the day in 6^th place.

Western Australian kite boarder, Mani Bisshops got a quick taste of the conditions on day two only to have their race abandoned due to the deteriorating conditions. Day three had enough puff for the kiteboards to complete three races with Bisshops performing strongly on his first day of racing.

The stronger winds also have had a big impact on the current with 10 to 15cm more water than on previous days. With the tide changes there is a maximum downstream current of 1knot and a downstream current of about 1.4 knots. 

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