Team Nitro pockets the third day with excellent racing and a bit of help from Mother Nature

On day three Team Nitro showed what they are made of.

August 19, 2021

Zita Goldswain 1 minute read

Team Nitro pulled out all the stops and won the third and final compulsory race of the 2021 Lipton Cup.

The defending Lipton Cup team, Nitro sailing for Witbank Yacht and Aquatic Club (WYAC) had a rough start at the beginning of the race but composed themselves for the third day’s racing.

Wednesday, August 18 was one of those very tricky ones with shifty wind directions, and speeds going up and down.

The only saving grace was…

“Whatever it was they won convincingly having led from start to finish and were never really threatened by anyone at any time. In fact, at every mark they extended their time on the fleet, and sailed hard and fast while reading the conditions absolutely perfectly,” said Richard Crockett from sailing@iafrica.com’s media room.

Second, on the day was the Royal Natal Yacht Club who at one point looked as if they had blown their second place and dropped to fourth, but they fought back tenaciously and finished that leg in the second spot, and never looked back. Having been the rooster on Tuesday, August 17 they came close to being the feather duster today.