Positive Day in Hyeres, and Some Other News

Apr 25 by Erik Storck

It’s been a crazy week in Hyeres, as shown by our posts thus far. We put up two great races (1,7) today in some lighter conditions and in silver fleet. We did not sail the third and fourth races. Trevor has been dealing with a shoulder injury since last September, and it has flared up a bit in the past month or ...

A Hiccup Along the Way

Apr 24 by Erik Storck

For the first time in a long time, we are going into silver fleet at a World Cup event. Obviously, this is not where we want to be. We are not concerned for the long term, though, as we are confident we can continue to learn from our mistakes and improve. Where we are now does not take away where we have been and wher...

Tough Day Two in Hyeres

Apr 23 by Erik Storck

The breeze was lighter than yesterday, and lighter than forecast. It generally died throughout the day, and we were out of phase from the start. We put up a 13-17-19 in tricky sailing conditions, and we made some mistakes that we know we should not at this point. Our downwind legs were very good, as we passed boats on...

Wild Day One in Hyeres

Apr 22 by Erik Storck

It was a wild and windy day one here in Hyeres, France at the French Olympic Sailing Week. We went to the water on time for our 11 AM start in a quickly building Mistral breeze, which is the local windy offshore breeze here in the French Mediterranean. It was up to 17 to 24 knots by the time we were halfway up the fir...

Lessons Learned in Palma; On to the Next One

Apr 7 by Erik Storck

Numerous people unfamiliar with Olympic Sailing have asked us, “now that you’ve qualified for the Games, what are you going to do?” The stock answer is “the same thing we’ve been doing the past four years, namely training and competing in more regattas.” As our High Performance Dire...