Posted on Monday 30 July 2007
Well today was the first day of the regatta. What a surprise it was windy haha. Not sure if it does anything else here. Tom Burton and i were the two Aussies in the green fleet, which had some of the most awesome sailors I have sailed against. Anyways, solid 20knots coupled with big waves made for an interesting day, including plenty of snapped masts and epic capsizes! My first race was okay, i think i got top 20 (results haven’t come out). I was happy with my speed but not execution of simple things which costs me many boats, i was also taken out on the bottom mark in which i protested but that didn’t help the damage that had been done, damm! Will have to be more proactive to out of control sailors coming down waves from now on! Second race was good, came around top mark in 5th with some real good sailors, had an alright downwind and next upwind until on the lay and on the last tack my mainsheet somehow got caught under my actual tiller??? never seen that before but it stopped me good, nearly capsizing in the process of getting it undone! however, i managed to free it, losing about ten spots, damm again…But overall, i was quite happy with the way i sailed, i felt as fast as the top guys from last year, which made me happy cause this time last year they would eventually sail away from me. the fleet is really close, and their is some epic battles going on. Myself and James Sandall from NZL whom i tied with last year are always right next to each other, its amaxing that after a whole year of sailing we are still so close, we seem to push each other round the race track which is good. Im not sure exactly how the other aussie boys in the other fleet went, but im pretty sure they had a good day. Otherwise, everything is pretty good, all the boys are pretty sore now from today, meant to be even windier tomorrow! had my last antibiotic today so hopefully I can battle the rest of the cough off myself, haha i keep donating quite a bit of flem to the ocean on the downwind runs! pretty gross…anyways, will work on these issues and others in the days to come, to make sure i can keep playing the game!
good sailing
cheers
ryan
Hey Ryan, well done day 1 is over, sorry to hear that wretched cough still with you, good to hear that your coughing the phlegm up. But now your foot, what did you cut it on, hope you had first aid always a good idea to use regatta’s facility!! You will have to really look after that cut now and watch that it does’nt get infected. I am so glad you are doing 1 regatta this year and not. Buy another pair of boots, before your next race, you should be keeping your feet warm also. Sorry, but Im your Mum and I feel like Im sailing this regatta with you, sickness and all.
Take Care Love & God Bless love you Mum & Co
good on ya buddy.
Hang in there.