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My form guide from a couple of weeks ago is not doing too badly at this stage. Except that I may have to be happy with being able to start the event, let alone finish it.

Most of the players are now in Garda, training away.

I’ve had 2 good days on the water, with plenty of time to tune up against Simon Payne and Rohan. There hasn’t really been any surprises so far, with the Bladerider being quicker upwind, and the Prowler being faster down. We already knew that.

The problem is that I can put 50m on Simon on a good upwind, then manage to lose 500m on the downwind. After 3 laps that’s not going to be pretty.

Anyway, I’ve managed to avoid most of the carnage that seems to be plaguing the rest of team Bladerider. So far there’s been 5 broken main foils (2 for Amac, 2 for Rohan and 1 for John). Not bad going considering the regatta doesn’t start for another 4 days.

At this rate we’ll all be enjoying la dolce vita from the shore with a mountain of carbon splinters.

But as Nicho was saying… my boat is just ticking away waiting to blow up…

Anyway, the boat is in the shed for a bit of love tomorrow, which might give me a chance to raid the Bladerider spare parts and get the new vertical foil sections I’m supposed to have, and maybe replace the control rod tube with the new spec… and the list goes on.

Plenty of photos on flickr.

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