Entries by Paul Cayard

Athen Trainging

We hit the gym at 0900. We all felt strong after the weekend of rest. We took some pictures today to document the adventure. We even got Reynolds doing bar dips! The sea breeze had a hard time filling today so we got off the dock at 1500. It was kind of nice to have […]

Athens Training

We hit the gym at 0900. We all felt strong after the weekend of rest. We took some pictures today to document the adventure. We even got Reynolds doing bar dips! The sea breeze had a hard time filling today so we got off the dock at 1500. It was kind of nice to have […]

Athens Training

Another great day today. Seabreeze filled a bit earlier and provided some great testing conditions of 8-12 knots and pretty steady. We tested a couple of jibs and mains. Andy and Austin are doing a great job of being the base line boat. It is not easy to do that job and keep your enthusiasm […]

Athens Training

Another great day today. Seabreeze filled a bit earlier and provided some great testing conditions of 8-12 knots and pretty steady. We tested a couple of jibs and mains. Andy and Austin are doing a great job of being the base line boat. It is not easy to do that job and keep your enthusiasm […]

Athen Trainging

Good day for us today. Phil took the Godfather (Mark Reynolds) to the airport at 0730 and picked up his wife at 1030. So he was off to a happy start. Austin and I went to the gym and did squats and shoulders today. We went down to the boat at 1230. And launched and […]

Athens Training

Another great day today. No gym so we got some extra sleep. We left the apartment at 1000 and got down to the boats at 1015. We took our mast down and reset everything to correct for the stretch. We also did a tip deflection of this new rig to compare with all the other […]

Athens Training

Another great day today. No gym so we got some extra sleep. We left the apartment at 1000 and got down to the boats at 1015. We took our mast down and reset everything to correct for the stretch. We also did a tip deflection of this new rig to compare with all the other […]

Athens Training

A great day today. Leg and shoulders today in the gym, breakfast and down to the boats by 12:00. Off the dock at 12:45 as we had no work to do before sailing! That is a first. The work list is getting smaller. We tested downwind for about 45 minutes, then upwind for the same […]

Athens Training

Big day today. Hit the gym for two hours..chest and back today. Breakfast and down to the boats by 12:00. We took the masts down to check the rigging because with all new rigs the rigging stretches after the first few sessions. Checked everything and reset everything on both masts. Then we went out at […]

Athens Training

Big day today. Hit the gym for two hours..chest and back today. Breakfast and down to the boats by 12:00. We took the masts down to check the rigging because with all new rigs the rigging stretches after the first few sessions. Checked everything and reset everything on both masts. Then we went out at […]