North Americans Day 4 & 5, Layday, Worlds Day 1
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North Americans Day 4
Warm day with not much wind, we waited around for a while on the water which was okay because it was sunny, but still wasn't what I came here to do. Finally we got a race off, and that race was just another race like the most of the other races in this regatta, we struggled with boats speed and couldn't get out of the back of the fleet. Finishing 28th.
Off the Water we had a good dinner with some of the other sailors and had some competitive games of bocce where many disputes were settled by the use of a measuring string.
North Americans Day 5
We got skunked for wind and didn't get a race in. We finished 26th in the regatta and look to getting our boat speed up to par in the light wind races and move up in the standings for the Worlds.
The BBQ afterwards was great, the beer was flowing and people were having a great time, oh and by the way GO OILERS!!! There are some crazy characters at this regatta and we are having a great time here.
Layday
We really wished that there had been racing on the layday it was a great day, warm, mid 20's, and blowing a good 20 knots of wind. We started off the day at this great diner called Floyds, where a lot of the menu items were named after different TV and movie stuff. Great food, amazing atmosphere and will be on my must return to list. We then went tourist shopping and looked at all the cheezy tourist shops which is a lot of fun. We then went back to the Rooftop Patio at the Sticky Wicket in the Strathcona Hotel, which is a cool place to eat. Afterwards we headed back and made a huge dinner, and watched the movie Casanova, which is very cheezy.
Worlds Day 1
No wind all day until 4:00 and we went out and didn't get a start in until 5:00 but we ended up having 2 General Recalls so it was another 20 minutes until we actually started a race. Upwind we found the boat speed we had on Day 3 of the North Americans and rounded the top mark 14th, we lost one boat on the reach, then went left on the downwind and halfway down that leg, the wind started to shift and we started to pass boats and were up to 2nd at one point, but the wind didn't stop there, it kept on shifting and screwed us over and we rounded the bottom mark DFL(Dead Fuckin Last). The wind continued to be screwy and shifted right back to where it started and that was enough for the race committee and they called the race and we were towed back into shore and the wind had begun to die and it was getting late, we got back to the dock at around 7:30.
Off the Water, it was Swiss Night and we had Free Wine and Cheese to go along with a presentation from the Swiss, showing the venue and some of the details about next years worlds which is going to be at Silvaplana which is near St Moritz. I would really like to go there but the Worlds in 2 years intrigues me more, Thailand, I won't miss that worlds, if I can sail, I will be there.
North Americans Day 4
Warm day with not much wind, we waited around for a while on the water which was okay because it was sunny, but still wasn't what I came here to do. Finally we got a race off, and that race was just another race like the most of the other races in this regatta, we struggled with boats speed and couldn't get out of the back of the fleet. Finishing 28th.
Off the Water we had a good dinner with some of the other sailors and had some competitive games of bocce where many disputes were settled by the use of a measuring string.
North Americans Day 5
We got skunked for wind and didn't get a race in. We finished 26th in the regatta and look to getting our boat speed up to par in the light wind races and move up in the standings for the Worlds.
The BBQ afterwards was great, the beer was flowing and people were having a great time, oh and by the way GO OILERS!!! There are some crazy characters at this regatta and we are having a great time here.
Layday
We really wished that there had been racing on the layday it was a great day, warm, mid 20's, and blowing a good 20 knots of wind. We started off the day at this great diner called Floyds, where a lot of the menu items were named after different TV and movie stuff. Great food, amazing atmosphere and will be on my must return to list. We then went tourist shopping and looked at all the cheezy tourist shops which is a lot of fun. We then went back to the Rooftop Patio at the Sticky Wicket in the Strathcona Hotel, which is a cool place to eat. Afterwards we headed back and made a huge dinner, and watched the movie Casanova, which is very cheezy.
Worlds Day 1
No wind all day until 4:00 and we went out and didn't get a start in until 5:00 but we ended up having 2 General Recalls so it was another 20 minutes until we actually started a race. Upwind we found the boat speed we had on Day 3 of the North Americans and rounded the top mark 14th, we lost one boat on the reach, then went left on the downwind and halfway down that leg, the wind started to shift and we started to pass boats and were up to 2nd at one point, but the wind didn't stop there, it kept on shifting and screwed us over and we rounded the bottom mark DFL(Dead Fuckin Last). The wind continued to be screwy and shifted right back to where it started and that was enough for the race committee and they called the race and we were towed back into shore and the wind had begun to die and it was getting late, we got back to the dock at around 7:30.
Off the Water, it was Swiss Night and we had Free Wine and Cheese to go along with a presentation from the Swiss, showing the venue and some of the details about next years worlds which is going to be at Silvaplana which is near St Moritz. I would really like to go there but the Worlds in 2 years intrigues me more, Thailand, I won't miss that worlds, if I can sail, I will be there.
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