For one day at least, the U.S. Sailing Team ruled the 2008 Olympic Regatta.
Yesterday, American sailors won six of the 11 races sailed off Qingdao.
That is not a misprint. SIX OF ELEVEN.
Tim Wadlow and Chris Rast won all three races in the 49er division while the 470 Men’s team of Stu McNay and Graham Biehl, Laser sailor Andrew Campbell, and the Yngling team of Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe, and Debbie Capozzi each won an individual race.
And while not everyone on the team had a great day, everyone that took to the water came back with at least one solid result.
Zach Railey had a seventh in the only Finn race and remains in second place overall. Anna Tunnicliffe rebounded from a poor start to take sixth in the Laser Radial race. She leads that class by seven points. Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler scored their best finish of the regatta, a fourth, in the Women’s 470 division.
In other news, John Lovell and Charlie Ogletree submitted a Code 0 and a normal spinnaker for measurement. Both passed and they will nominate which one they plan on using tomorrow when the measurement period for the class ends. The same applies for the Dutch team of Mitch Booth and Pim Nieuwenhuis. 
The Australian team of Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby, which crated a Code 0 at the last minute, will be sailing with a traditional spinnaker. While confident in the speed of their new creation, the long term forecast is for some wind this weekend. Bundock said they’re going to sail with what they know best.
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