The Charter Boats arrived thir morning, all boats were cleared in the measuring (eventually.. the final charter boats were too light but a bit of wet sailing did the trick..) and the sailors had 4 1/2 hours on the water (including some sea baths..) sailing with the US and NZL teams. Ryan reported that the Aussie team was comeptitive and "up there" so that promises well for the days to come.
Today we even had wind ! Varying between 8 - 10 knots the sailors were happy to finally get to try the conditions properly.
Coming in, we cleaned the boats, had dinner, a briefing with Ryan and discussed how we best should get organized. There is a small ramp to the water and with 300 boats going out every day - it is bound to be chaotic.
The team has made giood friends with several other nations. Very social for most to stay at the same hotel. Tomorrow is practice race, welcome seremony and more training. All are well and looking forward to the regatta. The J Sail manufacturer has offered to have a half our trimming session with the team tomorrow morning and some of the local sailors will brief us on wind patterns and currents in the bay.
More later !
Fantastic news!! It must have been a very stressful and exhausting first few days for all team members.
ReplyDeleteNow, all that can be put behind you and the Aussies can get out there on the water and show everyone what great sailors we have Down Under.
Good luck Sam, Maia, Ragna and Georgia!
Team,
ReplyDeleteI wish everyone luck, and the best of winds.
Make this experience a lifetime one. Enjoy your sailing , try hard, and never give up!
Diego
Mark Spearman (currently sailing in the Queensland Youth Championships in Brisbane) wants to wish the Australian Team in Slovenia good luck. Go Aussies!!!
ReplyDelete