After our slow start to the year we decided to drop a tip to China from our program to make way for more racing. The event that took the place was last week in Kiel, North Germany. Although a Grade 1 ranked event we haven't been to Kiel for a number of years because it's clashed with World or European Championships. Its an odd event because its run during Kiel Festival and its kind of like doing a 49er event in the middle of Cowes week. A bit hectic!!!
It didn't start all that well for us as upon landing we found out our apartment had been booked out to another team leaving us with the coaches floor for the night. We managed to sort things the next day and ended up staying in an attic flat with an old lady! The flat can only be described as dated but it was seriously cheap. We had a few amusing run ins with the old lady throughout the week as she lost count of the date and tried to get extra rent out of us! Though I'm not so sure she wasn't just play acting!
Having sent all our good kit to China we were a little sure as to how the week would play out, but we were pleasantly surprised when we seemed to be on the pace despite old kit.
During the racing we had moments when we sailed great and hence won quite a few races. Unfortunately we also had moments where we ballsed it up!
On the whole we learn't a lot about focusing on the right attitude to certain racing situations and by the end of the week felt we had the mistakes more under control.
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