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...

Redemption Day in Palma

Apr 4 by Erik Storck

We had to execute, and we did. It feels great to have had our backs against the wall and deliver three solid races. We scored a 9-2-4, moving us back up to 10th place and comfortably into gold fleet. Today was especially rewarding because it was very similar to yesterday in a number of ways. The ability to hold a lane...

Tough Day and Lessons Learned on the Water in Palma

Apr 3 by Erik Storck

It was one of those days we wish we could have back. We put up a 24-5-25, and we dropped to 22nd overall in the standings. It was a shifty, puffy day, and we found ourselves clawing from behind in a couple of races. In the end, there just wasn’t enough racecourse to dig ourselves out. It is difficult to find the...

Tough Day and Lessons Learned on the Water in Palma

Apr 3 by Erik Storck

It was one of those days we wish we could have back. We put up a 24-5-25, and we dropped to 22nd overall in the standings. It was a shifty, puffy day, and we found ourselves clawing from behind in a couple of races. In the end, there just wasn’t enough racecourse to dig ourselves out. It is difficult to find the...

Top Ten and Poised to Move after Day 1

Apr 2 by Erik Storck

It was a tough day of sailing here on day one of the Princess Sofia Trophy. We were forced to wait for wind, but it filled in and both 49er fleets had three races. We posted a solid 11-3-8, putting us in 8th place in the 80-boat fleet. The wind was about 5-10 knots, and there was a good amount of chop as we were so cl...