Our final training camp in Qingdao finishes today. We have just enough time to go for one more training session this morning before we have to pack the boats away ready to go into the Olympic marina.
The last few days have been good. We lost one day to no wind but the final day of racing saw us starting to find some good pace and has left us in confident spirits on our kit decisions.
Yesterday, for the first day since we've been here the wind really thumped in bringing with it a large sea. It made for some fun sailing especially seeing some of our rivals struggling to keep control.
Contrary to what most of the media is saying, the weed problem although better is still far from fixed. At points in the racing our tactics were completely governed by weed avoidance. It would be a real issue if this is still the case during the Olympics. Having said that full credit to the Chinese who are definately doing everything possible to prevent that being the case.
We're home for about a week before flying back out here. The time at home will be spent resting and preparing mentally. It's been a good training camp and especially nice to be staying somewhere different. (This week we've been in a local apartment but when we get back we will be in team accomodation). We've kept ourselves busy even when the wind hasn't played ball. Stevie's been engrossed in the Spooks box set whilst I've been following the text updates on the Tour De France. Truly inspiring reading about British success. Nice one Cav!
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