Medemblik has now come to a finale, with 2 races yesterday in light winds. I had an O.K race one, however I lost a few places on the first downwind due to a tactical error, where I chose the wrong line, I then managed to gain most of them back on the subsequent upwind and […]
Shifty and gusty conditions were consistent throughout the day. Race 1 was O.K, but it was hard to decide which tactics to go for on the downwind, whether you wanted to head really deep and do traditional scopping pumping, or head a bit higher and try and get planing. On our break on shore we […]
The forecast was very windy, getting up to 20 knots! However in reality it was only about 12 – 13 out there. This was great for me as I could plane easily and I didn’t need to pump permanently, making it slightly easier. During the morning, one half of the course was much windier than […]
So after nearly a week from arrival we have now completed our first day of racing here at Medemblik. Race 1 was very light winds, with shifty winds, making it difficult to make a tactical decision on the upwind sections of the race, it was safer just to stay in the middle but if you […]
Today was the practice race and opening ceremony. However we started by going through the sailing instructions and reviewing the key points in them. Sailing Isnsructions are key in Windsurf racing as they contain key information which can be used during racing, e.g what flags you are, where the course is, etc. We didn’t max […]
Today was registration and measurement. To avoid the big rush, me and my Mum got my kit measured by the measurer team early in the morning. We then got rigged and ready to go onto the water for the most windy day yet. We continued our work on tuning runs and making sure our kit […]
Another sunny day has passed here at Medemblik , the wind was probably the strongest we’ve had so far, however we were still not planing consistently. The event is coming ever closer, tomorrow registrationa dn measurement will be open. After our briefing and warmup we went out on the water to do more training for […]
Medemblik gave us much lighter winds today than yesterday, however it was building slightly throughout the day. For the warmup we played a variation of team handball. We then went out onto the water and did some pumping training to help us if there is a light wind day during the event. After a quick […]
Since I thought a high majority of you would not be interested in my adventures of sitting in a car or a ferry (nor could I get the creativity flowing, seriously, it wasn’t exciting). S0 I decided to combine the travelling days and the first day of training into one blog post. So, Day1, after watching the […]