24th! Goal Met!

Goal for Miami OCR, top 70%
We finished 24/36 = top 2/3!

Rationale behind our goal (written Fall 2009):
We will put emphasis on error-free boat-handling in a pressurized environment. We will be watching the top players in the fleet, with the hope of picking up skiff sailing subtleties. This event will enlighten us to the different style of tactics that are employed in skiff sailing. This will be a big, tough regatta because everyone will be in the region because of the World Championship held earlier in the month in nearby Bahamas.

We are stoked to have achieved our goal and happy it was a realistic one. This past month of sailing has gone by fast and we are excited about getting into the class. It will be a lot of work, and it will not come easy, but we think it is realistic to slowly work our way in to the upper echelon of the class. It was refreshing in this event to finally be racing and not just competing against the boat! Yes, that was partly due to the fact that it was moderate air regatta, but we were starting to feel more and more comfortable in the boat.

Now we take a hiatus until Kiele Week - June 2010 - (Jesse back to finish up at St MAry's and myself back to California to coach) and then back on the campaign trial to get cranked up for our first mission in Europe this summer. I will be working on my fitness level all spring to get it ready for the top level Euro leg - lots of upper body work and cardio.

We are hoping to get "Sled" to Europe soon, so we will have her over there for our Euro-legs.

Kirkland Brothers checking out from the Bahamas/Florida 2010.
Thanks for your support and interest!

Finally we would like to thank the Florida Kirklands for their wonderful hospitality this past month! We have stayed in both Bob & Sharon's house in West Palm Beach and Whitney's house in Miami Shores. We are truly blessed to have such great family and to have their support is Huge! THANK YOU!