Tough Day at the office for USA. In the first race we did two 720’s at the windward mark (Penalty turns-4 complete circles), and fell into a hole on the last beat and got left for dead. In the second race we were over the line early at the pin end, we realized that it […]
I am getting so many nice letter from fans I thought I should share a couple with you. The first is from Sally Dane, Austin Sperry’s girlfriend and John Danes daughter. The second is from Terry Hutchinson one of the best sailors in the USA. The third is from my daughter. Hello, I just wanted […]
We had a very good day today. We wont the first race of the Olympics in the Star class. Then we got a 6th and we lead the fleet. That’s just the first day…long way to go. The day started off slowly. We were postponed ashore so that the Ynglings and Finns, who race on […]
A day that left me with the right feeling for tomorrow. We had the practice race today and we found out when we got to the windward mark that we had been OCS with a couple of others. But that did not bother me as we had just sailed one of our best light air […]
Getting closer to the start…2 days to go. I am trying to shake a sore throat and slept a little extra today. Phil got the spares organized to go in the coach boat for tomorrow and every day that we race. We tinkered on the spare mast and put it away fully rigged and ready […]
Got an early start today; no gym and 0900 at the venue. Got the boat on the hoist before anyone else was around and got some final sanding done on the keel. Looks pretty good now. Then we put the stickers on our second mainsail. That is a 2.5 hours job for both Phil and […]
We had a good day today. Started at the gym as usual, then I took my family to the airport. I got back to the boat at 1230 and we launched and went for a sail. Unfortunately the wind (left over Meltemi -of sorts) was in the process of dying so we came in, ate […]
We hit the gym at 0900-1030. We are shortening up the workouts now in the last week. Higher reps and lower weights..more aerobic. No sailing today. We had a 20-30 knots Meltemi today and all the Stars decided to protect the assets. We finished up some measurement tasks. One of them was putting the decals […]
Just spent 48 hours getting the Olympic experience; Opening Ceremony, then spectating with the family at Volleyball, Diving finals and Basketball preliminaries. Then I took my family into the Athlete’s Village. They met some athletes, exchanged pins, saw the workout facilities. The Opening Ceremony was a lot of fun. The best part is being in […]
Paros was a great place to rest. The beach were we went windsurfing over there is called “Golden Beach”. We met a guy named Theo who is a legendary Greek boarder. He is my age and has spent years on Maui windsurfing. He gave us a board to use for a few days and both […]
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