The Belgian and Dutch Mothies met on the Hellevoetsluis for a week end of sailing. Saturday was just practicing and sailing together and Sunday we had 4 very short races around a very short course with lots of cat traffic - great for practice.
Nice to see that all the work on Garda has paid off in boat handling and speed. I did manage somehow not to win any race, spaced out on a mark or two and found a big hole when in the lead - too bad I hate golf. I was not fast low riding but I know the other foilers were carrying less AOA. The AOA game is obviously not as simple as I thought. Might be better to avoid it unless you can adjust while sailing.
I was obviously too focussed on analysing my relative performance as when the wind filled and came round 180 degrees I fixated on the windward mark and offset and was still seeing them as the leeward gate. It took careful positioning to place myself on the layline to the offset without going over the windward mark. But I managed and then halfway down the run I figured out why Elco was shouting at me!
But then all is well that ends well. I found a sparring partner in Elco and hopefully Constantijn if he can make time and I found my Achilles heel. So I am almost ready for graduation. It is that time of the year, isn't it?
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