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So long Garda!

The Opti World Championships has come to a close.

Official Results below.

Chase was our top Bermudian ( 111th place) folllowed by the youngest member of our team, Campbell ( 113). Mikey finished up at 120th, Ceci at 123rd and Benn at 130th place.

Unfortunately the race committee was only able to finish race 9 from the previous day ( for fleets that were not able to sail) and complete race 10 for all fleets

The team sailed extremely well for the conditions and , although there were some disappointments , they all had a great time in Garda!

After all the packing up of boats etc we were able to get our for a quick dinner to celebrate Benn's birthday and then rushed off to the prize giving which was followed by trading on a grand scale. The team all came out with a bagful of trades!

Home today for some of us .....Ceci & Mikey will stay on in Garda and join up with the Open Bic team to sail in the open world championships .Campbell flys on to Scotland to meet up with the Bermuda team for the Uk Nationals. Benn and Chase start their Byte training and prepare to jet off to Newport in August for the Byte Worlds....hoping to qualify Bermuda for a spot at the Youth Olympics next year in China.

Julie and Tim will sign off on their duties as TL and CR...job well done!

Coach Martin will stay briefly in Bermuda and then return home to Argentina for some well deserved family time.

Arrivderci from Garda....


http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2498.pdf


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Final day of racing AND Benn's 14th birthday!

The team was up a little earlier for breakfast and to sing happy birthday to Benn....he was mortified!

An earlier start today as the race committee will try to finish race 9 yesterday for the blue, red and green fleets before they attempt to start today's scheduled races.

Race 9 was scheduled for noon with the blue ( Benn) fleet from yesterday...followed by red ( Mikey) then green( Ceci and Campbell) .

Lets hope for some good wind to finish this regatta on a high!

Fleets for last race day...

Yellow- Ceci & Mikey
Blue- Chase
Red- Campbell
Green - Benn


http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-color-f2493.pdf


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Well a stronger Ora came in today but unfortunately did not last....

All the fleets got through one of their races ....with the yellow fleet starting a second one of the day but no scores recorded as of yet so may have been abandoned.

Up and down for team BER today....

Chase is still leading the Bermuda team standing 83 overall with a 19 today.

Ceci had a tough day today with a 45 finish in race 8 to drop down to 111th overall

Benn has moved up the board today with an impressive 5th place today to bring him up to 130 place.

Campbell recorded a 47 finish today of to sit him in 135 place overall

Mikey finished 34th today which stands him at 160 place overall.




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Race 8 first of the day and the promised Ora finally has made an appearance

Chase 20
Benn 5
Mikey 3
Ceci 33
Campbell 34

Unofficial

Yellow fleet started race 9

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Sailwave results for OPTIMIST WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 at Lake Garda, Italy 2013

Fleets for tommorrow....

Yellow- Chase
Blue - Benn
Red - Mikey
Green- Ceci & Campbell


http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-color-f2486.pdf


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Sailwave results for OPTIMIST WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 at Lake Garda, Italy 2013

After a long postponement they finally sent the boats out at around 2. The committee was only able to get off one race due to light shifty winds.

Another tough day for the team
Results below.....

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2484.pdf

Chase is still top Bermudian at 87th overall with a 21st in today's race.
Next up is Ceci holding 100 th place with a 46 in today's racing.
Campbell is in 117 th posting a 13th place in today's race
Benn has climbed up the board today to 154 with a 26th finish
Mikey has also climbed up to a 159 posting a 37 today.

We are still waiting ( as are many other teams) for that promised strong wind of Riva.
We will see what the last 2 days of racing will bring us.

Tonight was the kids social... With the club hosting a " Nutella Party" ....which was just that.....we did have to stop for pizza take out on the way back to the hotel as the Nutella did not classify as dinner with the team .....any excuse for pizza!

Early to bed for a ( hopefully ) full day of racing tommorrow!



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Postponement flag up....waiting for wind to come in

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Fleets for today's racing

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-color-f2478.pdf

Benn and Campbell in Blue
Chase and Mikey in Red
Ceci in Green

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Top of Mount Baldo

Day off of racing today and team BER went canyoning!

The team was up at 8 am to spend the morning hiking, sliding down waterfalls ,absailing down rock faces and jumping into mountain water pools.

A quick lunch at ( Yet another) pizza cafe and then off to ride a cable car to the top of Mount Baldo in Malcesine . The stunning views with cooler temperatures made a wonderful end to the " rest day".

Early nights tonight and back to fleet racing tommorrow.

Lets pray for the strong steady breeze that Lake Garda is know for and some good results for our sailors,

Updates through the day tommorrow.

A mime we happened upon on our way to dinner!

Today the team decided that even though they did not make it through to Day 2 of team racing they would show some support. A paddle boat was rented and they spend most of the afternoon spectating the team racing. SIN was victorious against ITA in the final .

We decided to head into the old town for dinner and Campbell found us a great pizzaria on the square. Had a great dinner and the kids hung out in the square with a few other teams...then we headed back ( after a gelato stop!)

Early morning tommorrow . Its the spare day and the team is going canyoning!

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Team BER headIg out to watch some team racing today.

Today's team racing flights

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-doc-f2455.pdf


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Yesterday's team racing results

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2454.pdf


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After waiting through postponements for lack of wind and then mark issues team racing finally began
First up for Team BER was NOR .
The team lost this flight so were then paired with BUL which we won .
The wind died for the next pairing with Greece.
After having a great start a few mistakes at the top mark made the race tight with capsizing boats and upwind -with no wind - allowed Greece to win by one point so unfortunately Team BER will not advance into tommorrows racing.

The team did a great job though and will take tommorrow as a day to relax and spectate the finals of the team racing.




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No results yet from team racing but boats are coming in and BER is still out there....always a good sign!

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Showing off their shirts!

Team Bermuda- ready to take on Norway

Team Bermuda

Team racing today

Good morning from sunny Garda

Here is the grid for team racing today.....
BER up against NOR first

Our team is well rested , sharp and ready to go!

Go team BER!

Finish of race 6- green fleet

Tough day today for Team Bermuda.

The wind was light again today between 8-14 knots ( max). Unfortunately not what was expected for Lake Garda.

Ceci had a difficult day and posted a 56 and a 60 which dropped her down to 77 th place with 104 points
Chase the next Bermudian with a 13 and a 33 today which places him in 91st place with 117 points
Campbell is still in 135 place with an 18 -and a 57 with 151 points
Mikey climbed up to 163rd with a 32 and a 38 - 168 points
Benn had finishes of 40 and 32 today which leaves him in 175 with 177 points

The team takes a rest from fleet racing for a few days.
Team racing scheduled for Saturday and Sunday with a spare day on Monday to rest and sightsee...then back to fleet racing on Tuesday.

Green fleet finishing race 6
Ceci 61
Benn 32
Campbell 58
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Blue fleet finished
Mikey unofficial 39 in race 6

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Yellow fleet finished - sorry did not get a finish for Chase
Blue fleet coming down to finish
Green fleet started

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Yellow fleet race 6 underway

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Green fleet race 1 unofficial finish
Campbell 17 or 18
Ceci 32 or 33
Benn 50


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Race 1-unofficial
Chase 33
Mikey-29

Green fleet combining to finish

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Yellow fleet start race 6
General recall

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Top mark green fleet
Benn possible 16
Ceci possible 20
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Campbell good start going hard left
Ceci starts at committee boat....going right
Benn starts in top third of fleet trying to clear some bad air

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Green fleet is off

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Mikey unofficial mid to high 20's in race 5




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Green fleet 1st start general recall

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Yellow fleet finished ...lots of boats together ....could not pinpoint Chase at finish

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Mikey starting at committee boat ....good position... 3 or 4 boats down
Tacked onto port straight away in clear air....good start

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Blue fleet
Black flag start
4 minutes

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Chase starts a quarter way down in first row. Good height and speed. Tacked onto port heading to favored side of course.

Black flag up 4minutes for yellow fleet

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Yellow fleet setting up to start.again...had first general recall
Winds 14 and building

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Green fleet launched

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Blue fleet launching

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Horn has blown, postponement down, yellow fleet is launching!

Good morning from Garda!

The postponement flag is up.....just waiting for that breeze ....so we can start races 5 and 6...

Today's fleet assignments are
Yellow- Chase
Blue- Mikey
Green- Benn, Campbell and Ceci

The team has their pasta at 11:30 ( new training tactic....which started yesterday) . This has become a good thing as no one seems to be into the sandwiches provided so at least this can take them through the afternoon.

They are hanging out and playing ping pong etc.....hopefully soon the horn will,go to start....

Pizza night in the old town.

Day 2 was up and down for our team.

Race 3 and 4 of the Opti Worlds was lighter than the team expected. The afternoon Ora did not come in as hoped with shifty winds that delayed starts of the second races of the day.

Our lone female sailor, Ceci, had another great day posting a 2nd and a 22nd to bring her up to 21st overall/ 2nd female.

Chase had a good day finishing up 56 th overall with a 7th and a 13th.

The youngest on our team also had a great day . Campbell posted an impressive 49 and 11th to finish up 135th overall

Benn did not have as great a day as he had hoped...his finishes were a 54 and a 48 to bring him down to 174th overall.

Mikey was able to increase his overall position today with a 35 and a 39 . He is now in 179th place overall.


It was a long day for the team so we decided instead of hotel food we would go out into the old town for pizza. After some great food we headed back to the hotel to get some rest for another long day tomorrow.

Race 5 and 6 scheduled for Friday.....lets hope for some good steady winds!


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Ceci Mid fleet at top mark and the wind has died
Heading back to club


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Benn 54 or 55- unofficial

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Green fleet is off ....finally

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Mikey 36 or 37

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Green fleet postponed

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Yellow fleet finish
Campbell 12 and chase 13- unofficial

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Benn 29 at top mark

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Mikey 33 at top mark

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Red fleet start

Campbell 17 and chase 18 at top mark

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Red fleet is off

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Blue fleet is off

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Yellow fleet start

Yellow fleet started

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Setting up for first start of race 4- yellow fleet

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Starts delayed due to wind shift
Waiting for the wind to shift back as in Garda they do not move marks....to much rope to pull up:0)


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Mikey 38
Benn 51
In race 3

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All fleets finished race 3
No results yet form key and Benn

Yellow fleet setting up for race 4

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Correction chase and Campbell in race 3

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Sorry Ceci finished 3rd - unofficial

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Chase 8
Campell 49
In race 1


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Ceci 2nd in race 3

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Day 2 of the Opti World Championships is on!
A round of pasta for energy at around 11:30 and then the team headed out to the course.


Today's breakdown of flights are
Yellow- Campbell and Chase
Blue-Mikey
Red-Benn
Green-Ceci

Tim has headed up to get the starts " up high" at Pregasimo while Julie has a nice quiet 2 hours to herself doing laundry ....the perks of being TL :0).....

Hopefully some good racing today for the team as the wind seemed to come in a little earlier this am.
Don't forget to follow the live tracking
Hope to have some good pictures to post tonight .

Updated results for Day 1- after protests.

Team Bermuda have all moved up...

Ceci to 37th
Benn to 109
Chase to 121
Campbell to 145
Mikey to 183

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2428.pdf


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Racing finished up around 5 today . The team came back and hung out with some of Team USA and BAH on our hotel. An early dinner at the hotel ( not such a hit tonight...may have to do pizza tommorrow) and the standard gelato ..... They had some time to kill before Matins evening brief so Julie and the team took a walk along the waterside and discovered trampolines....( thanks BAH)... Everyone had a great time jumping then headed back to the hotel , hung out with a few teams in the lobby ( which the hotel was most pleased about) and headed into the debrief then an early night to rest up for a long day tommorrow.

Tired team tonight!

Fwd:

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> Martins Summary of Day 1
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> Winds approximately 12-18 with chop
> In both of today's races the right was always favored which seems to be a constant here in Garda when the Ora comes in .
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> Benn and Mikey both sailed in the first fleet( yellow) of both races today.

> In Race # 1 they were both able to get good starts and set themselves up in a good position to get over to the right with the fleet. Mikey lost boats the last beat but was still able to finish with a good result for his first race. Benn had a good race and finished up with a 15.

In the second race Mikey tried to push too much at the start and ended up being over the line.
Benn unfortunately had a bad start and tried to get to the right of the course with the fleet but could not get the clear air he needed .

> Chase sailed in the second fleet ( blue)

> In the first race he started closer to the pin so was not able to get over to the right (after the start) and ended up rounding the top mark in the top 20.
> In the second race he started mid fleet but was never able to find clear air to stay with the fleet. He got discouraged on the last beat and did not try to fight back to the fleet.
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> Ceci was in the third flight (red)
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> She started from middle but crossed the fleet asap and with good speed got to the right and stayed in a good position with the fleet to finish
> In her second race she started closer to pin end and rounded the top mark in the top 5…her reach and downwind were a little slower but she still showed an impressive finish.
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> Campbell was in the last fleet of the flights( green)

> He did not have great starts in both of his races although by having to start in the back it made him push harder and he was able to come back and get through a few boats.
> By starting in the back it made him push ..and he was able to pass many boats. Unfortunately with a bad start it is hard to get back over to the right side and stay with the fleet.
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Tommorrow the first gun is at 1pm again. Let hope for some good wind and a fast Bermuda team!
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Benn and chase this morning feeling the arrival of their friend "Ora"....

Day 1 results

Check out the results of the first 2 races below

http://www.fragliavelariva.it/sites/default/files/regatta/r1042-result-f2423.pdf

Ceci is the 4th girl overall 42 with 26 points
Benn is in 111th with 57 points
Chase is in 123 with 65 points
Campbell is in 148 with 74 points

Mikey unfortunately was black flagged in the 2nd race so sits in 249 with 283 points.

Super proud of the whole team...especially our lone female sailor.

More details of the day from Martin later.....


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Yellow blue and red fleets all finished and heading in......green fleet just finishing

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Campbell 31

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Just waiting for green fleet to finish.....

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Ceci 14

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First race- unofficial

Mikey 24
Benn 14
Chase 21
Ceci 10
Campbell unsure possible 40

Race 2-unofficial
Yellow and blue fleet finished...

Mikey 16
Benn 45
Chase 42





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All the flights are underway..having a problem on our end tracking....maybe our followers will have better luck :0)

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The Ora is in!

The afternoon wind is in...blowing a steady 16 knots and hopefully building

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Let the races begin

The team has left the club and are heading out to the race course for the first race of the 51st Optimist World Championships.

There are 4 flights

Benn and Mikey are in yellow
Chase is in blue
Ceci in red
Campbell in green

The wind seems to be blowing 14-16.... Good start for the day!

Log on to the IODA website and click on the "mini site" ...there is live tracking.
Updates to follow.

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It's 11am in Garda and the breeze is coming in.....

Some Local Area Info

Riva del Garda is a town in the northern Italian province of Trento. It is located about half-way between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan.  It is also known simply as Riva. The estimated population is 15,151.

Riva del Garda is located at the north-western corner of Lake Garda, approximately 70 metres (230 ft) above sea level. The town is located at the southern edge of the Italian Alps, near the Dolomites. It is bordered by Monte Rocchetta to the west and Monte Brione, 376 metres (1,234 ft) above sea level, to the east. East of Riva del Garda is the village Torbole, bordered by Monte Baldo. 

Lake Garda (Lago di Garda or Lago Benaco) is the largest lake in Italy. Glaciers formed this alpine region at the end of the last Ice Age. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).

 

Bermuda bikers in Riva!

Oh hey Leonard....hanging out with NZL

Chase making a new friend ...

Campbell and Coach Martin

It was a busy day today for Team Bermuda.

Measurement followed by registration this morning...which the team breezed through with no issues ....followed by a little work on the boats to get ready for tommorrows racing.

The winds picked up and were quite gusty in the afternoon and Martin thought it best to let the kids rest rather than tire them out in the practice race.

They rented pedal bikes for an hour ..cruised around...then headed back to the hotel to get ready for the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony began a little late ( Italian time must be very similar to Bermuda time) at around 5:45. Benn and Ceci carried our big flags while everyone else waved mini Bermuda flags The teams lined up by country and were marched through the old town of Riva into the main square where the countries were introduced and speeches were given by officials. The atmosphere was festive with people of the town hanging out of their windows , spectating and cheering the sailors on. The kids had a great time waving Bermuda flags and giving out mini flags to the spectators .

The ceremony finished just after 7 and we headed back to the hotel for dinner. After Martins nightly brief the kids went right to bed ( well...after a quick visit from some of the US team :0)....who are staying at a hotel a few doors down.)

Racing starts tommorrow with 2 scheduled races per day. First start scheduled from 1pm.

The team got out for approximately 3 hours today in about 10-14 knots .
They trained with ARG ( mainly working on speed testing) and Martin felt good with all of their speed in comparison with the Argentinians.
The wind seems to come in from the South, predominantly on the right, and gradually picks up at around 1:30/2:00 when the temperature warms and the clouds blow off.

Everyone seems happy and excited to start racing....

Tommorrow morning we have measurement and registration then the practice race in the afternoon.

Opening ceremony tommorrow night and then racing starts on Wednesday and continues thorough Friday.
Team racing Saturday and hopefully Sunday.
Rest day on Monday
Racing continues on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Prize giving on Thursday night .

Another event happening next week on the last day of racing.....Benn's birthday! Hopefully we can celebrate lots of good results along with Benn's birthday :0)

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Hi Ceci....

Campbell setting up for the day....

light lunch "up High" before racing today....Mikey giving his advice on which side is favored!

BER Team with DOM getting the top angle of the race course from Pregasino.

A relaxing morning for the team.

Slept in a little, breakfast and then met up with DOM and drove up to Pregasino to see let the team see their race course from another angle. A light lunch in a small village and back down for a couple of hours of practice.

It was blowing a steady 18 when the team left the club.
Martins plan...shorter practices, lots of rest and hydration before the regatta starts.




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Photos from Capizzano today.

A little stretching after a long afternoon on the water.

A good practice today with good wind....and no boat damage :0).....dinner in the old town and bed early again.

Tommorrow Coach Martin has given the team the morning off . The plan is to drive up the mountain to let them see the arial view of the course....then back down for afternoon practice.

A guide to the wind patterns of Lake Garda

Ora: the most famous Garda wind blows from the south and builds itself from many smaller winds that meet between Gargnano and Brenzone. It's quite regular and predicatble in spring, summer and autumn. Is's stronger and most reliable in summer because it of the strong sunrays reflected from the watersurface and the mountains around the northern part of the lake. The Ora starts when the Peler drops between 12 and 1.30 pm. and ends, in normal conditions, at sunset. Its wind force varies considerably.

Peler: It's the King of all Lake Garda winds, a "fine-weather" wind. It's constant and steady in June, July, August and September, and begins between midnight and 3 am. 

Peler brings three big waves, the biggest of these three is the second that is ideal for windsurf acrobatics. Bigger waves are to be found a little more south near Torri del Benaco and even bigger near Toscolano. The Peler lasts about 12 hours, but if it builds up stronger than its usual 4/5 Beufort, then it can last until 2 or 3 pm. It brings strong waves and stirs up the deep cold water from the depth of the lake bringing the water temperature down, so delaying the Ora wind to develop. In the late afternoon the water turns flat and a strong current conveys the water back north past Brenzone, Malcesine & Navene. Later in the evening the north wind builds up again.

The team headed out around 11 this am for practice in 8-10 knots of breeze....which has steadily picked up to about 18-22 around 3pm with chop..... It's honking out there!
The typical Ora has come in... A sailors paradise!

They should be out until around 4 today....expecting a tired team tonite.

Good morning from Garda!

A good practice today....the team headed out around noon.
Lunch on the water...and jumped into the second practice race.
Wind was good until the rain came later In the day ....then the wind died.
Tim and Julie drove up to a great vantage point to get an arial view of the course.
Dinner at the hotel tonight , another round of gelato ( there just happens to be a great gelato bar across the street from us) , debrief and then America's cup ( ITA VS NZL) .
Happy tired sailors are now turned in for the night.

Tommorrow repair work on Benn's boat ( he got rammed by another sailor) then practice...maybe see a little of Riva del Garda from the land if practice goes well.... Measurement and registration not until Tuesday am .

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View from the top!

A gorgeous morning in Garda.....and there is definite wind!!!!
The kids seem well rested after their early night.
Got their boats, new sails for Cecil, Mikey & Benn and are all heading out for their first practice.

Finally we are in Riva del Garda!
Pizza, gelato and bed ...to get rested up for a busy week!

Nice team sweatshirts guys!

Hearty breakfast for tired sailors at Cafe Rouge in Gatwick....almost there!