Day 2 RC44 Sotogrande Cup - Rain does not stay on the plain

Rain of Old Testament magnitude descended on Spain's Costa del Sol for day two of the RC44 Sotogrande Cup. While the wind was not excessive, the sea state decidedly was. Even as RC44 crews and race management surfaced for their breakfast this morning, it was evident that the onshore easterly breeze, that had been blowing all night, had caused the sea state to build to the extent that waves were already breaking over the harbour wall. RC44 Principal Race Officer Peter 'Luigi' Reggio managed to venture out of the harbour this morning to assess the washing machine-like situation: "The wind isn't the issue, it's the waves," he explained. "The sea state is so bad that some really serious damage will happen if we send them out. They have to go upwind against those waves just to put up their mainsails and it's really impossible. Also, it is low tide and the waves are so big that we're afraid in the troughs the boats might hit the bottom. And it is just going to get worse - the waves are forecast to build this afternoon so then getting the boats in will be even more impossible than it was getting them out." And so, to applause and unanimous relief from the crews, Reggio announced the cancellation of racing for the day at the morning skippers' briefing. The RC44 Sotogrande Cup is the first event of the 2017 RC44 Championship Tour, which pits the world's top businessmen and the best sailors in the industry compete in high-performance one-design 44-foot carbon racing yachts. Subscribe to us on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_kn... Find out more at: https://www.rc44.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RC44.Class.A... Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RC44Class