Third Day Of Racing In Bermuda

The third day of racing was not really a day of racing... When we got to the venue there was no wind so we were AP on shore,but still rigged so we could go out at anytime. According to weather forecasters there is something called a "high pressure zone" over Bermuda. That "high pressure

Me playing rocks.

zone" is stopping any wind from coming. So the most of our day was trying to trade stuff, lying around and playing rocks...


Rocks is a Mexican game that the Mexicans taught us how to play.

There are three piles of rocks the first has three rocks, the second has four rocks and the third has five rocks. In total there are 12 rocks. You can take as many rocks as you want from one group. But you can't take rocks from two groups in one turn. In the end the loser is the one that takes the last rock.


The game was really fun and some of my team mates tried to teach it the the Japanese. Then they show up with Chinese writing on their face and said it was there name. (You sure about that?). But at the end of the day even though we didn't get any racing in we still had fun.

Second Day Of Racing In Bermuda, Team Racing and Rest Day

In the hotel that I am staying at the Wi Fi is really hard to connect to. I haven't been able to write on my website for the last two days. I am really sorry but I will cover everything.

Our second day of racing was a terrible day for me. I'm not quite sure why but I had two rwally bad races and one OK race. The first race I did't have a good start at all. I reacheds the upwind mark looked back and saw about ten other people behind me. I kept that position for thw whole downwind/reach. I finally finished that race in about bottom 20. The second races after talking with my coach I was really trying to get a good start. I did't have anyone to leeward of me. I got off the starting line with a really good position but got rolled at the stared. I finished that race in about bottom 30. The last and third race of the day I had a really good start and did't get rolled. I rounded the windward mark in  about 25. On the last up wind I finished in about top 20. Not my best day but hoping I will have betters.


Team Racing
There are 8 people on our team. So we were able to enter two team racing teams. My team was Me, Justin Vitqoc, David Sapp and Eric Lyal. We raced the first race of the day against Bermuda3. We won that race. Our next race was against USA 1 which we lost. Then our our next race was against Bermuda 1. It was a go big or go home situation. But we lost so that was the end of our team acing for the North Americans. At the end USA 2 won the team racing.



Rest Day.
For our rest day we went to a beach that belongs to the hotel. It was really cool. We rented some snorkeling equipment and went snorkeling. We cool see all types of coral and fish. The bigest fish we saw was at least 3 feet! It was really cool and I hope we can do it again sometime!

First Day Of Races In Bermuda

Today was our first actual day of races in Bermuda. The fleet was divided into 3 groups. The first group was yellow (they started first). The second group was blue (who stared second and I was in). The third and last day group was red (who started third). The wind was blowing about 8-12 knots when we got out. The course we were using was a trapezoid. That is upwind, reach, downwing to a gate, than upwind finish. The first race I had a OK start. I rounded the upwind mark in about 15. I kept my spots on the reach/downwind. Then on the last upwind I lost about 8 boats and on finished in 23.

The second start was pretty good. I went right and rounded in the upwind mark in about 25th. I gained about 2 boats on the downwind. Then on the upwind I gained about 3 boats and finished the race in 20.

The third race was not my best race at all. I got buried at the start and I went to the wrong side of the course.  I rounded the upwind mark in about 35 but lost about 2 boat on the downwind/reach. The last race was my worst race because I was really tired and I had't had enough to eat. I finished the third ad last race of the day in 40.

Right now I am standing in eighty third place with a total of 83 point.
Click here to view the results of the first day.

Pool on the first day

View from our balcony 

Happy Birthday Galen!

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