Good Season

It's been about 10 days since I closed the season in Geneva with the Swiss title. Exceptionally we had three days of foilable breeze and shared the lake with the glamour D 35s sailing from one of the most comfortable and yet unassuming clubs anywhere. No one there throws around the usual ill informed obnoxious remarks about how moths aren't really tactical, or frets about foiling egotrippers terrifying hapless opti sailors - when in fact the screams are of joy and encouragement. Geneva understands high performance sailing and sport and the place is cool - and that's an adjective that's getting old fashioned and rarer by the day(pics at: http://myimage.photoshelter.com/gallery/Syz-Co-Swiss-Moth-2012/G0000sJ._Ja3SZ1g/C00000Y74GU4y_20).

It's just been a good season. Together with Mike Cook we developed a succesful long footprint boat. We showed steady improvement in the early season and topped it with two national titles, the German and now the Swiss. The Worlds were fantastic and I learned a lot. The time spent on lake Garda was a chance to meet old sailing friends (many taking part in other class championships) from what feels like another age. It's great to know we all still love sailing it in one form or another. For us in the Northern hemisphere it's now time to get a little winter rest and plan the next season.