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Sailing Smarter After 10 races at the RSX Europeans, I finished 31st. Not the numerical result I was hoping for, but I dont think it matters right now. My learning curve this event was huge and I made a lot of improvements in my sailing. It was incredible to have Dan coach me here. It was the first time ever that I had someone who was able to analyze my sailing in comparison to the others, while racing and he was able to help me improve my technique. Regattas are not really the time to learn new techniques, but I wasnt going to be much good with my old (self taught) technique so I concentrated hard on trying to sail better. Sailing smarter can only really happen when you can already sail as fast as the rest of the fleet. We had very tough conditions throughout the whole regatta. The girls fleet only had one race where we could plane almost all the way around the course, so needless to say, there was a lot of pumping. The offshore winds with the windward mark about 100m from shore made for some pretty puffy and shifty conditions as well. Yesterday I had a good first race, I was in the middle of the pack until the very end when I lost 4 boards. I was really happy about my racing because it was about 6 knots and I have never been able to keep up in those conditions, yet I was fully in the middle of it and I sailed smart. All in all, I learnt so much and now it will just take some time and lots of training to be able to put it into practice to make my sailing consistently better, in each condition. Finally, after 2 months away, I am now heading home for a two weekbreak and really looking forward to it! Till soon, Nikola Girke www.nikolagirke.com posted by editors at 6/20/2006 07:56:00 AM |
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