The usual end of regatta time warp swallowed us at the conclusion of the Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth.  We are both home, our van and boat are in a container bound for Miami, and the seeds of our next few months’ training are sown.  We finished the event in 20th position, which maintains our position of 18th ranked in the world.  While we wish we could have done better, we know we had some great races and we learned a great deal about the Olympic waters and about what we...

It was a weird and wacky day of sailing on Weymouth Bay today.  The breeze ranged through fifty degrees and went from 8 to 20 knots all while we were racing.  We managed a 15-9-15 in the very tight gold fleet racing, keeping us in 17th overall. The breeze made for difficult racing in an already difficult fleet.  We had good starts in both the first and second races.  In the second race, we executed a very good “port tack ducking start,” which is something we have...

What a Day!  We went on the water in the afternoon for just two races.  We developed a game plan, got off the starting line, and followed our strategy.  Our upwind boat-speed was great again, and we put it good use!  We scored an 8 in the first race and won the second one!  The nine-point day was good enough to put us in 17th overall and into gold fleet! In the first race we had a fair start, but we were forced to tack out sooner that we had hoped.  We took a clearing...

We went into day two of the Sail for Gold knowing we would need to perform to make a move up the standings after our difficulties on day one.  It is a long regatta, but there are only so many races before final series racing begins.  The schedule is for nine races over the first three days before the top 25 are seeded into gold fleet. The first race was light, and we had another good start and we were fast upwind.  We found ourselves in second at the top mark.  We had a small...

We were fast.  We had good starts.  We sailed the boat well 98% of the time in our first three races of qualifying on day one of the Sail for Gold Regatta here in Weymouth.  The problem was that the other 2% of the time led to some major losses.  Luckily it was only three races in a long series. We were over the line early under a black flag in the first race.  We found out after crossing the finish line that our sixth would become a BFD (last + 1).  In the second race,...