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!

Worlds team is heading off to Lake Garda!

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