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Gray Start For Day 2 Junior Races
The racers got started about 11 when the weather improved.
Fog and rain postponed the start of sailing until 11 a.m. Tuesday for the nearly 400 sailors competing at Marblehead Junior Race Week, held by the Pleon Yacht Club.
The wind was blowing at 8-10 knots and a Swedish racer surged into the lead in the experienced Opti Class, said Eliza Garry, the club's communications intern.
About 1 p.m. Eliza was in a boat by the starting line as the 420 race got underway.
Two classes of racers jostled for the front with the more experienced Championship Fleet maneuvering in front of the younger Green Fleet.
The leading boat was about 20 boat lengths ahead of the trailing racers.
Organizers hope each racer gets to sail in seven or eight races when all is said and done and the racing concludes on Wednesday mid-afternoon.
It's a fast field of racers, and a large field.
An awards ceremony will follow.
The young sailors are competing in four categories outside Marblehead Harbor. Organizers have their eye on the radar watching for stormy weather and hoping for the best conditions.
Pleon is a yacht club for and run by young people.
It is the country's oldest junior yacht club that
Is not attached to a senior yacht club.
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