End of Day two - Fleet splits into Gold, Silver, Bronze

Day 2 of Nationals:

Heavy wind and very hot with 3 races.  All sailors completed all three, with the exception of Jessica as she unfortunately got hit in the head.  A real trooper, she wanted to sail the last race but the safety commitee had her stop due to the cut.  She is fine we are happy to report!. 

Roberto felt that everyone did  better today.  Results of the first two days are used at the end of today to split the fleet into three permanent groups that will sail together for the last two days of racing.  Top 75 go into gold (Ceci, Sebby and Mikey)  76to 150 go into silver (Georgia, Jessica, and Jillian) 150-220 go into Bronze.
(Cameron, Declan and Benji)

Once in your group you get your position to start in the new group.  So if you were 70th then you get 70 points to start off in Gold.  But if there are enough races for a drop then you will get to drop that 70th.  So, effectively you are starting again today with a clean slate in your new group but the best you can do now is to get first in your group. So the best that someone in Silver can do is 76th overall for the regatta.

Coming in off the water, both Benji and Mikey got stung by Jelly Fish.  Several kids from other teams did too. Both boys rallied and are OK. 

We commented to the kids that not only Pinnies are helpful for Roberto to see them, the Pinnies help us to meet them with their dolly as they are coming in off the water. (With 220 + boats it can get pretty wild!) The girls have all adjusted to the bright color and we have received several compliments from other parents. All seemed to have good spirits because for the most part, they did better on day two. 

Kids ate the Tex-Mex meal provided for the sailors at the club.  We have been getting back to the hotel late as they do not launch until late and then are out on the water until late.  This morning kids asked for Choc Chip pancakes again, so they ate that plus bacon, cereal, strawberries.
Everyone who drinks two bottles before we leave the hotel, gets large candy bar of their choice.  Dehydration is a big risk because 95-99 deg and high wind.