team racing

i haven't been updating as i don't see a need too... the past week was usual with school restarting on thursday and that was pretty normal, on saturday i basically just bludged, staying at home the whole day doing nothing but watching tv. today was the only time i've sailed this week and the wind was very strong, it was blowing 20-25 knots in the first race, 15-25 knots in the second and 10-15 knots in the third, clearly that pattern was evident in my results, 3,2,1... out of 4!... in the first, we did two laps and in the first i managed to stay near to alex and another sailor... but after the first downwind i fell back until i was about 1/2 a leg behind alex who was second. in the second race, the wind was a bit lighter, and i managed to stay within the vicinity of the top 2 and on the first downwind i overtook both to round the bottom mark 1st, however, the wind picked up the following leg seeing me drop the 2 positions and i only managed to catch up one position to finish right behind the 1st boat. in the final race, the wind was moderate and i was trailing the 1st boat the whole race until the last downwind when i overtook him to finish about 5 boat lengths in front.
the coming week will be exciting as i have a team racing competition on saturday, i'm representing woollahra and i'm very hyped up...
cheers and good luck to the ss ppl taking their mid years...

sailing in the bays

this weekend was the first in a long time that i've actually sailed on both days, haha... reflects how much i'm training, doesn't it?... but i feel that sailing is like riding a bike, you never forget. on saturday, i arrived late for the double bay racing, i joined in at the back and with one leg to go, i finished 5th.. the second race saw similar winds of 4-7 knots, and i won confortably. today, after arriving late due to the fact that my new house is pretty far from the nearest public transport. we had three races today, in thw first, i joined in from the back to finish 2nd behind alex, in the second, i won by a leg and the third was a shorter course that saw alex take the gun by a second. thats probably it...

new houses... such a fuss.

i've just moved houses yesterday, we moved from meadowbank to strathfield, not much of a difference, both areas are just as inaccesible as each other. however, the house here is much bigger, but bigger means more to clean. its such a hassle, so many boxes, so little time, plus the house is filled with cobwebs and dust. well, that was pretty much my weekend, on a positive note, i've found the ps2!...

double bay deja vu

today we sailed at double bay, as usual, the wind was a N/NE. and after a few weeks here, i can safely conclude there are two main directions, N/NE and S/SE. the southerlies are normally stronger and more gustier. well we had two races today, my speed was fairly good and managed to read the wind well, the wind was 8-15 knots. i walked from the sailing club to edgecliff station after sailing, i was kinda tired of waiting 30 minutes for the next ferry, hence i walked and it took me 40 minutes, i met my parents at burwood station and now i am blogging, life's pretty boring these days, the holidays just makes it bearable. the picture above was taken two weeks back in the very strong wind.

holidays

to cut a long story short

day 1: movie world
good rides: lethal weapon
escape
scooby doo

day 2: sea world
good rides: bermuda triangle
corkscrew

day 3: dreamworld
good rides: giant drop
cyclone
the claw
tower of terror

day 4: go karting
details: the lap record was 53.45s and i did it in 54.58s... the next michael schumacher?

day 5: wet n wild
good rides: terror canyon
jetstream
tornado
aqua racer
pictures will be uploaded to aid visually
from the top: aqua racer, corkscrew, cyclone, escape, giant drop