It started on Friday night, when the wind died 100 metres before the Belle Etoile finishing line and two Surprises rolled us (Caroline, Morgane, Tim and myself on Mamma Mia) when a puff of wind came from the opposite direction. We should have tried harder to keep between them and the line! It made us loose our hard-gained 3rd place; we finished 5th.
On Saturday morning the Dinghy&Yngling Match Race started and it was a disaster for me. Nothing worked. To cap it all, when on Sunday night I took Mic Mac to the crane, I was told that my reservation had been cancelled because of the Fete des Pecheur, scheduled for the whole week. Will I have to race with a dirty bottom? Here is a hint:
But the glass is indeed half-full:
- the skill-level of Match Race participants has been really high this year,
- many of our decisions in the Belle Etoile proved right, including some close calls on the starting line, where the best boat was OCS and many others were confused,
- 5 days before the start of Tralslemanique the boat is in good shape - and I should be ready, too - by now I know it quite well,
- I had a chance to practice with Paweł in a gusty 4B Joran on Sunday night,
- we (Paweł and I) did manage to clean Mic Mac's hull on Monday - it is its keel on the photo.
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