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 […]
Once out I had the best race for me so far, coming around 13th. Unfortunately, combined with my other results, this wasn’t quite good enough to get me into the Gold Fleet. I missed it by about 2 points which is very frustrating. The next race we were split so I was in Silver Fleet. […]
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 […]