life in the fast lane

Hey ppl,
the sin team is back at wsc, in addition a few other international sailors are here, abe and mike leigh from canada, and stian, kristian and oscar from scandinavia and james from ireland. Thursday was good with light winds of 5-8 knots, me alex and kev sailed with krystal weir near vaucluse bay. This was the lightest of the week as today was blowing. Vic, Manyi and I raced radials at double bay in 18-22 knots. The waves were also so irregular. Kevin, Ash and Zhen Hao sailed full rig. We had two races:
Race 1: Start; 16 knots, good start in the middle went all the way out to the port layline before tacking in. By this point, the wind had picked up to 18 knots. I rounded the top mark 4th, a fair distance in front of the pack behind me. In front were Peter, Martin and Manyi. I caught up with manyi on the reach and extended my lead over her on the next reach. By the bottom mark, i was near Martin, on the next upwind, the wind picked up to about 20 knots, i went far left losing my position to manyi who went far right. At the top mark i was 4 boat lengths ahead of vic and 10 boat lengths behind manyi. The same thing happened the next upwind. On the last downwind, manyi capsized and recovered just in front of me, reaching the bottom mark, i gybed and capsized, losing my hat and bottle. i uprighted just in front of ash who was in the full rig start and finished 4th.

Race 2: Start; 20 knots, average start in the middle, i went all the way out before taking midway, at the top mark i was 2nd behind peter and just in front of manyi. Extended my lead by alot, to abt 10 boat lengths at the bottom mark, but 5 minutes into the upwind, i tacked and got stuck in irons, although i was still 2nd i almost lost to martin and manyi... i went up left and tacked, going into irons again in 24 knots. vic, manyi and i stopped after that upwind where manyi was 3rd, i was 4th and vic 7th.

the world is burning to the ground

sorry for not updating, i'm simply too lazy. well lets start from the last post, in october we had our holidays followed by a regatta at illawarra, known colloquially as the smelliest place on the aussie calander. it was strong wind there abt 15-25 knots throughout the weekend, the first full strong wind regatta i've had in the radial, didn't do that bad, finished 6th, just behind alex.. it was a fun weekend though, alex's mom, alex, ash and i went down together and stayed at the same place, it was good... then, i met lyndall and team canada. we coach together every sunday, optimists, ya, team canada: topher and jaimie, well in a nutshell they bring life to the club.. they sail the 49er and often are quite funny. lyndall is great too, she is mature and adds sense to the conversations, and theres alex who's just fun all around. this month theres has been an influx of many international sailors, this has caused me to come to training more often and as a result, i come every wednesday and thursday. last week, kevin came back from his stint as a doctor, its good to have him back. we went training yesterday and it was tiring. i sailed a full rig due to the perception that it was 'light' wind, however, the wind picked up to about 13 knots and we went offshore, we saw alot of dolphins though. with me were world champion, tom slingsby, 4 canadians including mike and abe, kevin and jye.. i finished last almost every time but it was a good experience... today, i had school... sigh... alrite... until next time... ttfn