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 […]
A good day today. We got out of the harbor at 1230 and did some light air gybing practice on the way down to our race course area, course “D”. It was 5-6 knots and there is a very different technique for gybing a star in under 6 knots compared to the technique in 10 […]
A good day today. We got out of the harbor at 1230 and did some light air gybing practice on the way down to our race course area, course “D”. It was 5-6 knots and there is a very different technique for gybing a star in under 6 knots compared to the technique in 10 […]
Gym again this morning for Phil and I. I then had some physio therapy from our USOC physio, Scott Weiss. We put the boat in around 1230 and left the dock at 1300. A very strange day on the water. The wind was the most erratic of the month that we have been here. There […]
Gym again this morning for Phil and I. I then had some physio therapy from our USOC physio, Scott Weiss. We put the boat in around 1230 and left the dock at 1300. A very strange day on the water. The wind was the most erratic of the month that we have been here. There […]
Short and sweet today. Phil took Austin to the airport at 0600. Then Phil and I went to the gym at 0900-11:00. The wind was light in the am through 1400 so we did some chores. I went to a Travel agent to try to figure out what Island to go to to rest for […]
Bacardi CupMarch 2, 2020 - 7:56 pm
Sailing Scuttlebutt
