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Day 2 of Race Week saw divisions 1&2 sail the full schedule of 2 races, with division 3 sailing just one race. The racing environment was good with 8-11 knots of easterly breeze and flat seas.
Division 1 again had excellent and close offshore one design racing. In the Farr 40 fleets 1st race of the day, Hissar edged Solution by only 1 second. In fact the first 4 places in this race were separated by only 13 seconds.
The One Design 35 fleet also had a 1 second apart finish, this after 8 miles of racing divided into 2 beats and 2 runs. In this case it was Northern Bear of Milwaukee edging Sotet Lo for 2nd place. 3rd place Windquest edged national champion Roxanne by only 3 seconds.
The One Design 35's 2nd race of the day was also close. The second race was a 10 mile 3 beat/2 run affair. 1st to 4th saw a gap of only 53 seconds. Another 1 second apart finish occurred with Chicago's Detene being edged by Victory for 10th place. Further evidence of the close racing in the 1D 35 fleet is that in Race 2 from 1st to last was only 5 minutes 46 seconds.
Race 2 for the Farr 40's was won by Samba Pa Ti, this time by a margin of over a minute.
As Torresen Marine is the Lake Michigan One Design 35 dealer, we'd like to recognize all the Great Lakes based One Design 35's racing:
| Boat | Home Port | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Place |
| Northern Bear | Milwaukee | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1st |
| Windquest | Holland | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2nd |
| Spot | Holland | 4 | 6 | 16 | 7th |
| Heartbreaker | Holland | 18 | 8 | 7 | 12th |
| Hippy Chick | Muskegon | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14th |
| Pronto | Holland | 15 | 9 | 15 | 16th |
| Detente | Chicago | 16 | 16 | 11 | 17th |
| White Knuckle | St. Clair | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20th |
As you can see, the 20 boat fleet is ultra competitive. Doing consistently well, is difficult due to the close competition which is produced by the identical performance level of the One Design 35's.
In PHRF 3 Muskegon's Lunatic Fringe was also a participant in the close racing trend finishing 3rd on corrected time by 1 second. In the days 2nd race Lunatic was 2nd in class.
In Division 1 Class A the top 3 boats after 3 races are: Highland Fling, Virago and Beau Geste (Tuesday's boat of the day. In Class B Brava Q8 was 1st, Hawk 2nd and Heatwave 3rd. Class B has Vim III of Grand Rapids MI in 2nd and Chicago's Nitemare 6th. V-Max from Chicago was 8th in Class B.
PHRF Class I was swept by the only One Design 48 at Key West, Starlight.
Division 2 Class A is led by the Mount Gay 30 Surprise which has 4 1st places in 4 races.
Class B which is composed of Viper 830's and is led by Guy de Boer sailing RE.
Division 3 is composed of 3 one design fleets- Henderson 30, Mumm 30 and Melges 24.
The Henderson 30's are paced by Speedracer with 2 first in day 1.
In the Mumm 30's Sector leads.
The Megles 24 lead is held by Planet Loaf, with 3 points after day 1.
Check back Monday, for a report on the Yukon team competition and more Key West news in Torresen Sailing Site's Around the World of Sailing