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Gone with the wind

Posted 2 months, 14 days ago

Gone with the wind
Blimey its only 3 weeks until the Worlds, and as I'm there training for a week before hand I go at the end of next week! How time flies! Anyway it will be good to get this event over and done, there are other things in life to get on with. It was hard to push myself out onto the water yesterday, and as we waited for the wind, I could have watched it blow and still spent forever on the beach. But when the sea breeze came in it was a great day out in the bay sailing with Tim Boon, Ricky Tagg and Jason Russell. To think that for 2 years I was the only foiler at Hayling Island and now there are nine I think, plus a couple of low riders. I feel happy about that.Anyway we sailed upwind for ages, and then enjoyed the roller coaster ride that is the Hayling Bar. If anyone wants to improve down wind, that's the place to train and it's great to see the other guys making such big gains. Typically I make it home first and then think, "shit are they OK?" and wind up sailing back out to make sure no one is in trouble, so I get to do it twice!These next couple of weeks are about making sure the boat is OK, a typical weakness for me as I'm not very good with ropes and dont enjoy boat work. Everything is now measured, but the foils are dinged and bashed a bit with all the stuff I've hit in the water since January and they need some attention.I'm not going to Keil Week, I've done that event too many times, I find it hard to leave Hayling Island these days, I only have to do it once more now anyway. Full Story »

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