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| Dinner with Arnoud and Marion |
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| D7 boys talking shop on a no-race day |
For two days in a row racing has been cancelled due to excessive winds and extreme tides which in combination, kick up huge and confused waves. While neither Scott nor I are going to complain, it has been hard to keep up the enthusiasm as each day cancelled, we still woke up with the adrenaline going and ready to sail so... neither day was truly a full-on rest day.
I had hoped to take the time on the scheduled day off to visit the Isle of White but we ended up going out to lunch each day then back to the hotel to work as time was limited by the time racing was called off.
Last night we had dinner with Arnoud Hummel (NED) and his wife Marion (Marion was the Women's Laser World Champion in the '80s). We talked about boats, kids and the regatta and well, Scott and Arnoud are just ready to race. Arnoud and Scott have had a trading of places in the last two LM Worlds with Arnoud winning the event in Roses, Spain and Scott taking "the cube" in Nova Scotia. Scott and I laughed on the way home as no matter how the regatta turns out, we would be just as happy for Arnoud to win as he is such a great competitor. Yet, Scott is quick to say, 'There are a lot of other people that could win this one...top 10 are tight.'
Today, hopefully, we will get some racing in. Scott is healthy and suffering from no ailments as seems to be the case from some of the blogs we have read. As for me...hoping for sun and light winds!
Cheers!
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