St Moritz Part 1
The 306 was packed to the gills with crap after Peter, Dave and I
stripped the apartment in Riva. It was a sad day to finally be
leaving the place, but bigger things are on the road ahead.
Up and up and up we drove from Riva towards Switzerland and Lake
Silvaplana, St Moritz - venue for the coming World Championships.
Now who would think to run a World Championship in the most
expensive ski resort in the World?
Anyway, it was very very good to dispel all the rumor and finally
get an appreciation of the venue for ourselves. Silvaplana turns
our to be another visually spectacular Garda-esque place, with
regular thermal breeze and freezing freezing cold water.
At 1800m of altitude there’s a tad less oxygen, and after 50 gybes
there is a noticeable loss of stamina - that will be interesting
early in the regatta…
On cloudless days the breeze gets up to a steady 20 knots, though
with cloud things start to get patchy and a bit shifty.
The place is small, but not as small as everyone has said, easily
big enough to run a 29er course. The small size does make for a
noticeable lack of waves - thank god, since getting splashed in
this place is not a good idea.
After 8 hours on the water - I’m pretty confident I have a
reasonable idea of what’s in store come August. Now off on the
campaign trail to Travemunder…
