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So the funny thing is I managed to get around the track in the Moth today with no breakdowns.

I gave away the first race with a stupid decision to go right on the second upwind, since I thought the tanker ship on the left would be too close to the left gate layline, but I was wrong. I lost a couple of hundred metres on Amac and Dave, but rounded the last mark only marginally ahead and slow out of the tack so they both blew straight through. Amac motored away for the win, but I pulled ahead of Dave to take 2nd.

Lucky I didn’t make the same mistake in the next race, and lead around the track, opening up a little each lap to take the win.

But then I had to leave to make it over to the 18s as expected, so I missed the last race which Amac won – ending the day with a 1,2,1 scorecard. I’ve now got a 2,DNC,DNC,2,1,DNC from 6 races.

Feels like the Worlds almost.

I rushed over to Double Bay for the skiff race, but probably shouldn’t have.

We got out with little rig in what was shaping up to be a great Nor-Easter. We went upwind for a bit, then set the kite to come back to the start. We bounced over a couple of waves and the forestay rack at the bow sheared in half. The jib popped up off the deck, and the kite halyard levered it’s way around the trap attachments to break the rig at the hounds. All in slow motion.

So a messy packup of broken bits in the water, and we sailed in under bare poles for an early shower.

And plenty of boatwork. Not good.

At least my weekend wasn’t as bad as John’s. After he lost both a rudder vertical and a gantry in the collision with Nathan on Friday.

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In other news, Christophe Launay has posted some awesome photos from our photoshoot/training sessions over the last couple of weeks. Pretty good… even if they’re of me.

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