Among the North Americans, George Blanchard sailed a consistent race to end 40th just ahead of Nick who was 50th after once around but gained 10 boats on the 2nd beat before settling for 41th and being cheered by the thought that he and his new knee (operated on), boat (Mixed Nuts), crew (Søren Gøtzsche) and sails (Mike Mac’s) were finally getting into the groove. Also showing distinct improvement were Geoff Edwards and George Waller who moved out of the 50’s with a 48th. Sadly, the Taylor brothers second Worlds came to a premature end after this race: after a mad scramble to get and make ready a fresh, blue borrowed boat, crew, Paul, re-developed sore arms (akin to tennis elbow) that he had experienced at the Ontarios a week and a half before. With poor Mark having to trim all the sheets, the Taylors had dropped to 45th before deciding to pack it in. Paul’s elbows had recovered sufficiently to allow him to add his magnificent guitar work to the Danish Wayfarer Stompers in concert Wednesday night before he and his brother decided to head for the excitement of Hamburg and Amsterdam before their flight home.