We are back in Europe for the second time this spring, ready to attack the heart of the European circuit (Grade 1 in Medemblik, Grade 1 in Weymouth, Euro champs in Helsinki). Right now, we are in Medemblik, Holland, as we await the start of the Delta Lloyd Regatta which starts on Tuesday. It is shaping up to be a windy event, as the North Sea is expected to have an active weather pattern for the coming week. This should make for an exciting event and we look forward to stepping up in these challenging conditions and putting some good results together.
Yesterday we had big breeze in our training session and we were able to nail some solid gybes and tacks in the ‘49er red line’ conditions (gusts over 25kts!). In the puffs while sailing off the wind, roaring with boatspeed, we would be heading directly downwind to keep the boat in control – a feat not too common for an asymmetric kite! One of the Aussie boats had a GPS on their boat and they hit 24.8 kts of boat speed out there, an unofficial record for the 49er. We had known it was windy, but it was nice to hear this that it was documented as such! In fact it got too windy to head back out for our afternoon session, as the whole fleet was grounded with gusts well over 30 kts. Forecast for tomorrow, more of the same. Day 1 = moderating.
-Zander
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