Rayne Duff IVB 911 loses speed in a close tack to cross the line a few inches behind the lead boat in race 6 of the Gold Fleet on day 5 at the Opti Worlds Championships, Dziwnow, Poland. Photo: OptiWorld
Virgin Islands’ sailor Rayne Duff, sailing in the Gold Championship Fleet at the Opti Worlds in Dziwnow, Poland today Thursday September 3, 2015, slipped to 60th from his overnight 32nd placing after 9 races.
At the close of day 5, Duff was in 32nd with his best effort being a second place finish in race six. He had a total of 60 points to be well off the leaders, but in striking distance of a top ten finish.
Duff was nearly able to cross for first, but tacking close under the lee bow of ITA, without enough speed to hold him off, he crossed the line a few inches behind in second.
However, Duff did not score any points in races 7 or 8 and finished 44th in race 9 to fall to 60th place overall.
In other races, Duff finished 18th, 15th, 8th, 8th and 9th.
Duff raced against 272 competitors in race 6, all ranking in the top five of their country.
