http://ryan.livesaildie.com NOT Just another Livesaildie.com weblog Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:39:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well my third laser radial worlds is now over. I started better than i finished but i still had heaps of fun along the way. Unfortunately for me my last day was one of my poorer ones, falling out of the top ten into twelth postion overall.  12th in the ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2008/04/02/laser-radial-worlds-over-and-out/ Today was the fifth day of the Laser Radial worlds in takapuna beach, with a 20 knot Ne blowing in on the Hairuki Gulf most of the day.  Mike Leigh and Brad Funk dominated the day, enjoying the windy conditions.  Today I had a 16 and a 6.  First race ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2008/03/28/laser-radial-worlds-08-windy-day-on-the-hairuki-gulf/ Today was the 2nd day of the Laser Radial worlds 08, after medium winds yesterday, the breeze strengthened today, with the heavier full rig sailors dominating the race track.  Today i managed a 25th and an 11th.  Which is not really the greatest results.  I made a mess of the ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2008/03/25/laser-radial-worlds-08-fun-as-racing/ Well today we had our first two races. Both were held in around 5-10 knots with a large South swell. First race, started with a sandwich between boats, shocking upwind as result and never getting into phase. A bad result. Second race was a glamour start, ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2008/02/08/another-interesting-day-at-terrigal/ Today sailing was nicer with a 10-15 knot seabreeze, and the sun finally shining at Terrigal.  The swell is still up and as soon as I slow down the seasickness kicks in.  However hopefully I can manage this with some Kwells that I got this afternoon.  Day 1 of racing ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2008/02/06/sun-finally-shines-at-terrigal/ Last nights strong winds proved to be to much for the mooring line of the 2008 Terrigal Worlds start boat, finding itself beached just near the cliff in front of the club. The boat is a fair way up at the moment but the race committee brought in a ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2008/02/05/terrigal-worlds-start-boat-not-keen/ Some of the lasers feel the wrath of the Terrigal pointbreak. What? 2008 Laser World Championships, Last qualifier for the Beijing 2008 Olympics Where? Terrigal, NSW, Australia Who? Me, Ryan Palk, 19, ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2008/02/04/67/ Well the worlds are over, even though it doesn’t feel as though they ever occurred. It was quite a weird regatta with only 8 races being completed which was a bit disappointing.  I had a poor last day to drop off to 20th overall, so still top 20 in the ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2007/08/05/exploit-it/ Well, today we were suppose to have 3 races to make up for the ones we missed from yesterday, which were cancelled because it was too windy and the waves were breaking at the entrance to the harbour, meaning it was to dangerous for us to get out.  It was still ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2007/08/01/8-hours-1-race/ 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 ... http://ryan.livesaildie.com/2007/07/30/playing-the-game/