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Holland Late Night It has been a long week here in Medemblik, Holland for the HollandRegatta. As we drove up from Austria the temperatures just kept ondropping, giving us a week of cold spring days. It was 8-13 degrees for the most part, and rainy. The night before the start of the regatta I joked that we could go sailing at 9pm because it was still so light outside. Well, sure enough, the next day was very windy and they kept us on postponement all day, until they finally sent us out for a 7:30pm start. We got one race in and then they tried to start us againat 9pm. The wind was dying, the sun was lowering on the horizon and westill had to sail home, when they finally abandonned the race and sent us in. Arriving at the beach at 10pm was a first for me and made for avery late night. I finished 27th overall. I had some issues with my board. I was not able to keep a lane on starboard tack and I felt like I was dragging a bucket behind me. This did not leave me many options tactically, but atthe end of the day, I was still mid-fleet in a few races. My pumping technique is lacking and when I eventually sort that out, along with lots of the other mistakes that I make here and there, hopefully myresults will improve. The final race of the regatta was yesterday. The top 10 sailed the medal race on a separate course and the rest of the fleet had their final race on another course. Our course was quite far away and withan offshore breeze of 20-25 knots, it made for some big waves and hold on downwind racing. I was 4th and 5th going around most of the raceuntil the very end where I lost some boards and finished 8th. Now it is off to Turkey for the Europeans for some warmth. I thought this day would never come... Nikola Girke posted by editors at 5/29/2006 08:35:00 AM |
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