Practice Day 2

Another beautiful day down here. Very hot but the breeze helps. The breeze is staying pretty much in the 12-14 knot range and dropping off as the afternoon goes on. With the dropping breeze the waves become more noticeable and a couple sailors felt a little seasick but nothing too bad. BER trained with a few teams yesterday and all felt they are sailing fairly well. Almost half the teams are here now with many more arriving each day. The Club is definitely filling up. It will be interesting to see how crowded it is on the weekend as I understand that is when most of the locals come down from Santo Domingo but for the now the kids are very happy and thoroughly enjoying the venue. We decided with a few sensitive stomachs to eat at the Club out on the gazebo last night. That way we could order a basic arroz con pollo (chicken with rice) for those who needed some bland food rather than take our chances with the hotel food.
Thursday and Friday is the Pre-Worlds regatta which I would imagine will be well-attended and a nice chance for the kids to see how they match up after 3 days of practice.