It’s business time
… almost.
I think I was having flashbacks of Weymouth yesterday sitting inside at DOSC. Everyone seemed to be inside drinking coffee, eating and posting on facebook while it rained.
So for the life of me I can’t work out which is the more significant of the two greatest recent inventions in the Moth class, hydrofoils or free wifi?
At least the rain cleared for a while yesterday so I could finish putting the boat together and head out for a sail.
Unfortunately the guys that built Dubai didn’t really consider that it would rain, so there’s no storm water drainage… and now there’s a pretty foul smelling run off that sits along the shoreline near where we launch. We all hoped the slick was oil, but it sure didn’t smell like it.
The 30 odd knots that was forecast didn’t eventuate, but the rest of the week is apparently set for big breeze and big waves before it goes back to sub 10 knots for Monday’s first race of the Worlds. Yesterday we sailed around in a building, shifty breeze from about 10 to 18 knots offshore.
I managed to get plenty of straight line speed testing in with Arnaud and JPZ, before doing a bunch of impromptu short races with the Swiss and Simon & Adam. The boat felt as though it was going ok, despite being out of range and locked at full lift on the rudder. Of course the big test for everyone will be over the next few days now that the American’s boats have arrived.
Time for me to get a sailing lesson maybe.
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Once again selling yourself short! I doubt we will dish out any lessons. I think that free internet must be the most important thing for a moth worlds to actually happen.
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Best of luck for the World’s Scott.
I wish i was there but I seem to have this strange ability to time become a father right in the middle of Worlds regatta’s. Let that be a lesson to all you mothies out there – no sex till at least the end of March or your misus will give birth during the Toronto Worlds and you’ll miss out.