Hi Everyone,
Well, the racing is over and the 2010 International 420 World Championships has finished! We had a fantastic regatta managing to finish 16th overall in the Womens Gold Fleet (including a race win in the final series),which met our goal of Top 20. We also really enjoyed the overall experience and learnt a lot which we can apply to our sailing in the future.
The final day of racing was the lightest wind we sailed throughout our entire time in Israel. The breeze was very unsettled so even before the start we knew it was going to be a challenging two races. The first race we didn’t have a fantastic start or first upwind, but after rounding the top mark in the 20′s, we managed to keep slowly fighting back to finish in 6th position. The second race we had a great start which enabled us to sail in the best pressure and after rounding the top mark in the top 10, we managed to finish in 6th position again, making a fairly consistent day!Packing up our beautiful charter boat, ‘INDIGO’, was not so much fun in the heat, but the closing ceremony last night was great and there were even more fireworks!
Thankyou very much to everyone for their support, particularly Mum, Dad and Elise for traveling with us and being a very supportive onshore crew. Also thanks to Johnny Rogers for his great coaching throughout the regatta, and to the rest of the Australian Team. To our sponsors, Indigo Homes – for enabling us to purchase brand new North Japan Sails (top of the range), Zhik for our gear, as well as Harken, Musto and the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Yachting Queensland and the Queensland Academy of Sport for supporting our training back at home, and our overall campaign.
We look forward to achieving some more exciting results in the future!
Thanks again,
Sasha and Jaime
AUS 420
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