We started racing today. Let me tell you, racing in Sail Sydney (I still keep calling it SIRS first off) is an experience like no other.
Not for the reason you’d imagine, though.
You know how in Singapore, let’s say if the Optimist are having a race and we 470s poke our nose anywhere remotely near the course, a powerboat will come to chase us away?
Well, all bets are off here – we’re racing off Rushcutters Bay where many keelboats moor and they all come out sailing on Saturday – right through our race course. And we have to avoid them as we race. So it’s like an obstacle course going up and down.
This is probably the first time where I’ve had to call a tack based on positioning ourselves better with respect to a boat that isn’t racing.
Tomorrow will be a nor’easterly, which means we’re likely to have our course run straight through the shipping channel. Which means time to play Siam The Ferry again … while racing this time. Fun times, eh?
Results for the first day of racing can be found here. Singapore is fielding 4 470s, 4 420s, 3 Laser Radials, a Laser Full Rig, and an RSX.
It looks as though you’re having a really great time. The photographs are brilliant, especially the sailing pics with the opera house in the background. It’s a pity there wasn’t someone there with a camera to capture one of your capsizes, though! The food looks interesting, too – it’s good that you eat well while you’re away and share the burden. You obviously need your protein – especially if that picture of Siobhan (I think) devouring what looks like a whole sheep is anything to go by!
Oh, and it’s nice to see the two of you sitting at the top of the ladies’ results table – congratulations.
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