Union of 2005 vs Team USA - challenging the top of the ladder

[JTF]

Harald,
We will do our best to round up the team. Can you suggest some times that would work best for your group?

[euphoria]

Lets speak in general terms before narrowing the the search... I guess we have to try a weekend, unless it's possible for your team to race between 22 and 23 european time (16-17 New York time). So I suppose a saturday or sunday night at that time would be the easiest option to get the two teams online together. What do you think?

[euphoria]

John, I assume weekdays are not ok for you. Here is our availability window for the coming weekend:
Saturday 21:00-24:00 CEST
Sunday 21:00-23:00 CEST
(I think CEST is 6 hours ahead of New York.)

I prefer sunday at 21 to not interfere with the saturday race night, but we do what is possible for your team.

[JTF]

Harald,
I will try to get response for 21:00 this Sunday (that is 3:00 pm EDT here in the U.S.). As soon as i have confirmation from 2 other team members I will post the response here.

[JTF]

Harald,
Tomorrow's match is confirmed on our end. We will see you in chat at 21:00 CEST (3:00 pm New York time).

JTF

[euphoria]

Ok, I have notified my team.
See you tomorrow.

[JTF]

Union 2005 defeats Team USA 2-1

Holiday Tours, Euphoria, and Odin took Team USA (Sundance, Sailbad the Sinner, Popeye, and JTF) down in the first two races (2,3,4 and 1,2,5). Great racing by all three Union 2005 team members took advantage of a few mistakes and handed us our lunch.

Team USA broke through in the final race when a nice shift at the bottom of the beat turned a tenous 1,4,5 into a 1,3,4. After a few pens and a little discussion, the race ended up 1,3,5 for USA.

Race 1: Union 2005 9-12
Race 2: Union 2005 8-13
Race 3: Team USA 12-9

Congratulations to the victors and the new team on top of the ladder!

[Odin]

Great racing Team USA. You never made it easy. You got a good team there.

Tom