After finishing up the Clagett regatta, I had a chance to sail 2.4 against Paul Tingley, gold medalist in the 2008. Paul was very helpful and we had about 3 hrs on the water in Newport. What came out of the last two weeks is I am getting used to the boat and can sail it much better and more consistently. Confidence is going up. I now can trust my speed and can turn my attention to the race course.
This is a fantastic place to get out on the water. They are helping
all sorts of people get better at sailing. First class. I was talked
into sailing on the Thursday night classic regatta with founder Hunt
Lawrence. We had a nice light air battle with some of these beautiful
boats around the bay.
The Windmark Olympic Sailing Foundation is supporting my Road to Rio campaign. It is a 501(3)c tax deductible foundation. The foundation is supporting the USA sailing team. Please help.
I was able to spend the fourth of July in Kokkola, Finland. Where my new 2.4 is being built. Charger builds about 50-60 boats a year and does a very good job. The boat builders are very good there. Yards like Swan and Baltic do a big business there. The 2.4 has just as much going on as a big boat, but just takes less time to put it together.
Coming back to Newport from Finland, we worked on Ted Green’s 2.4 to make some of the rigging changes I put into my new boat. After a day and half of work we got sailing with a supper spar in. This was my first try with this type of rig and a new learning curve started. Felt pretty good and matched my new sails well from both Quantum and North. In the Newport Regatta out of Sail Newport, I used each set on one day of racing. Both set of sails did well, winning all the races I finished. Had a small break down and lost my back stay in one race.
All in all, ready to go back to Finland to race the worlds, just after I sail to Hawaii on Wizard one more time….