Posted on Saturday 4 August 2007
Well hello
One regatta down one to go… the past couple of days has been relatively normal except for the extreme amounts of time - the only bizarre thing is how competitive the whole of the gold fleet is. Everybody (60 odd boats) are in such close range throughout the whole race, there is no room to breathe lol you could go from a top 10 position back to around 40th and then back to top 10 again - it all depends on what mistakes you make. And because everyone is that close everywhere you look, it makes every mark rounding an experience in itself. Buoy room no longer means anything because nobody cares about the rules only getting around the mark less than 10-20 boats wide but most times it just ends in carnage and if you play it smart you could pick up 20 places just by avoiding them even if it means going the wrong way!
Today was my best day though, well the first race at least, throughout this regatta I have been getting crappy starts and keep getting rolled and that makes me end up back in mid fleet somewhere and forced into catching up - today however I had nothing to loose and everything to gain and so I thought I would get a good start and after a couple of generals I did just that. I was about 8th around the top mark then 4th by the bottom mark and by then finish I came 2nd!!! Things are that much easier at the front!!! And the key is just being able to get of that start and into clean air. Then my second start I was still on a high I think and didn’t concentrate and got rolled again lol I didn’t mind though - it was a little too late but it put me at 25th overall and im happy with that - considering the conditions I am happy being the 25th best radial sailor in the world lol
Now the regatta has finished and they have planned a massive party on the beach and happy hour starts in 10 minutes so I got to get going lol a very good day in the office I think!!!
Talk again soon — peace
(Damn media boat got in the way)
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