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World Championships – Medemblik – Race Day 5 & Travel Day 3

August 19, 2012 ZedNo Comments

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 […]

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World Championships – Medemblik – Race Day 4

August 17, 2012 ZedNo Comments

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 […]

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World Championships – Medemblik – Race Day 3

August 16, 2012 ZedNo Comments

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. […]

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World Championships – Medemblik – Race Day 2

August 15, 2012August 15, 2012 ZedNo Comments

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 […]

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World Championships – Medemblik – Racing Day 1

August 14, 2012August 14, 2012 ZedNo Comments

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 […]

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