Mid Wests. Day 2

Two more races were held today. The day started off very slow with the wind never staying still and never getting much past 4 knots. After an hour of postponement the race committe decides to go for it. The black flag was in effect so I wanted to be careful especially with the current pushing everyone over the line. I managed to squeeze out a lane for the drag race to the windward on port and was top ten rounding the first mark. After that I passed a few boats on the downwind and scraped a 5 out of that very slow race.

Once that race finished, the wind died and we sat around for about an hour and a half. What happened next was close to a mirracle. After hours of nothing the wind shifted and the breeze filled in from the west at 15 knots coming right under the golden gate bridge! This race was solid from start to finish, after a good start, rounding the windward in third and someone dropping out from a bfd I finshed 2nd to end the day! Im standing in third overall after two days.

Mid West

The 5 hour flight out was quite uneventful, and it's the first time I have seen mountains from the air. The streets of San Francisco are very steep and the cab driver was crazy! Thankfully I arrived at the venue unscathed, found the boat I am staying on, found my laser charter, and ate a pizza. Last night I got a solid eleven hours of sleep and the first race today started at a chill one in the afternoon.

The first race was cancelled due to a large lefty as I was in the lead. The wind picked up to around 12-15 knots and we had three races to follow. I had a slow start in the first one but ended up finishing seventh. The next two races I had clean starts and finished out the day with a 5 and 3. Two more days of sailing to come!!

Laser Mid-Winters San Francisco Bay, CA

Laser Mid-Winters will be my first competition of 2010. It is an ISAF sanctioned event and one of the many regattas that earns points for the 2010 Grand Prix . This years goal is to place well in the Grand Prix standing in the Radial division.


After several months of being confined to the gym and looking at frozen lakes I am very excited to get on the water and test my new fitness level and see what progress has been made. This is going to be an exciting start to what is sure to be an eventful year!