February 16th, 2020 This is definitely the hardest blog we have had to write during our campaign. We finished our campaign yesterday wrapping up the 2020 World Championships in 7th place overall. This was our best finish in an international event and our 4th top 10 finish in the last 5 events we have sailed. (Another fun fact: only … Continue reading 2020 World Championships: Day 6
February 14th, 2020 Happy Valentine's Day! Today was Day 5 of the 2020 World Championships and, unfortunately, the weather didn't want to cooperate. The wind was very light and variable basically the whole day. We were scheduled for a late start after the 49er boys, however they got postponed fairly early in the afternoon. We … Continue reading 2020 World Championships: Day 5
February 13th, 2020 Gold Fleet racing today was tight and the scores are super close. It was a tricky day on the water with one basic story to the day…go left. The more you got left up the first beat, the better you tended to be at the top mark. We had an okay day finishing with a 7,14,15 … Continue reading 2020 World Championships: Day 4
February 12th, 2020 What a fun day! We had an awesome day on the water and came away with a score line of 1,4,1 to move us up to 7th overall. With the qualifying series now finished, tomorrow we move to Gold fleet racing. The day started with misting rain and winds around 10-12kts. The boys started the … Continue reading 2020 World Championships: Day 3
February 11th, 2020 We can’t say that day one went the way we wanted it to, but we are holding our heads high and looking forward to tomorrow's racing. We had three races today finishing with a 7, 15, 20 and are sitting 31st overall. The day started on time and we headed out to get race … Continue reading 2020 World Championships: Day 2
February 10th, 2020 Today was Day 1 of the 2020 World Championships and once again, the racing was cancelled for every fleet because of too much wind. As a sport that relies heavily on mother nature, it happens. Onto tomorrow where it looks like there will be a building sea breeze in the afternoon. Looking … Continue reading 2020 World Championships: Day 1
February 9th, 2020 It has been a busy week as we finished our final preparations for the 2020 World Championships that start tomorrow. We have had a bit of boat work to accomplish since arriving here in Australia, but we have also got in the sailing that we needed and wanted. After finishing 4th at … Continue reading 2020 World Championships: Day 0
February 3rd, 2020 Today was the final day of the 2020 Oceania Championships and it was another tricky day! We had some really great racing and finished the day with a 5,1,10 moving up 5 places and finishing 4th overall! The day started with a slight delay because the wind was gusting too high for … Continue reading 4th Overall at the 2020 Oceania Championships
February 2nd, 2020 We wrapped up Day 3 of the Oceania Championships sitting in 9th overall. We didn’t have the smoothest of days, but we had a very good learning day and finished on a high note. We were the second fleet to race today with the guys sailing first. We launched around 2pm and headed out … Continue reading 2020 Oceania Championships: Day 3
February 1st, 2020 Since there was no racing for the 49erFX fleet on Day 1 of scheduled racing, today was our first race day! With the temperature still mostly hanging on from yesterday's heatwave and an increase of humidity, this morning started with little wind on the race course and rain showers lurking in the … Continue reading 2020 Oceania Championships: Day 2
