Terrigal Update

February 1st, 2008 in Training.

The fleet has arrived in full force here in Terrigal, Australia awaiting the upcoming 2008 Laser World Championships. With racing starting on February 6th, the fleet is in full training mode with about a week to go. That means there are easily 100 boats on the water often lining up for impromptu rabbit starts with as many as seventy boats. As if the numbers aren’t wild enough, the 3-4 foot swell running under an open ocean wind chop make the racing extremely difficult. For a group this size, this is one of the most competitive environments in sailboat racing, and because it is still informal racing, rules and general standards are thrown to the wind making it a take-no-prisoners, testosterone-filled brawl. While the sailing is good, the crazy “No speak english” attitude you get from a guy not making a close cross gets old after the first time, especially when they don’t give you the same leeway that they expect from you. Speaking up hardly helps because there are so many guys doing it, and essentially it is the greatest movtivation to be out in front early. From about 7th place to 70th is a knife fight that you are bound to see multiple times daily.  

More to come from Down Under.

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