Day 2 Christmas Camp

We had a bit of a different crew out today for the 2nd day of our camp.

Kevin Black (BC Sailing Coach) made a guest appearance.

Ben Scott , Joanna Moore and Alex Shepard were new .

Luke and Alanna were back from the first day.

We started the day with hard rain and a solid easterly.

Then as we launched at noon it died down and the rain subsided.

We ran a number of races and drills then the wind died almost completley.


Kevin mentioned that the forcast was for a good westerly and just as he said it the wind filled in from the west.

It picked up quickly and hail came with it.

Moments later it was blowing 25 kts and a few boats were upside down and Kevin had broken his mast.

Alanna and Luke stayed out for one more lap and got plenty cold but had a good sail in!

Al

Christmas Camp 08

Well its been quite a few weeks with about 2 !/2 feet of snow falling from the middle of December till right before our camp started.

I walked over to the sea bus from the North Shore and Jen picked me up on the other side, way too much snow on the north shore!

The first day was called off due to too much snow on the ground.
We did make it out on the 28th and were greeted with moments of sunshine and a nice 8 kt easterly.

Kevin , Alanna, Luke , Jaime, Alex H and Alex N made it out .

We sailed for a few hours before everyone got too cold then in for some hot soup.

We will do another day then wait for the New Years Camp to start on the 2nd to the 4th.

Al

Mike wins again

The Sydney Olympic Regatta has just finished, a quote from scuttlebutt-

"A mixture of Beijing Olympians and aspiring new young guns
took honours at the ISAF Grade 1 Sydney International Regatta, which
hosted 220 entrants amid the Olympic and invited classes. Michael Leigh (CAN) in the Laser Class
overcame a serious challenge from Javier Hernandez (ESP), ultimately beating out his fellow Beijing Olympian"

http://www.sailing.org/26448.php

The Christmas camps are next for the team training.