F16 Euros: Day One

Today we had a typical Lake Como day, no wind in the morning and then from 1300, like magic, above 15 knots for the rest of the day.  Stayed out of trouble for the start, and was in a duel with Mark on his Stealth for most of the race, a real shake out in the higher wind, kept losing ground due to poor tacks and gybes and eventually finished behind him in 12th.  Unfortunately I became really ill during the race and just got weaker and weaker, I suspect it was due to dehydration.  I thought it wise to retire so scored 2 DNFs for races 2 and 3.