Planning ahead

Good winds today, and im gutted that I cant sail for the whole day, Ive got loads of work that I need to catch up on before Sunday, so im afraid it will only be a half days worth of sailing, but thats life. Now that I have my boat, there are a few things I have to get straight, firstly and most importantly my sailing... I have to train hard and sail loads in the near future, so that I can compete with the others. Once that has been ticked off from the checklist, it is time to improve the boat, start making minor changes and the usual boat work crap. I got myself a job in the summer, so I can make back the money I have spent on the new boat, and hopefully it will financiate whatever else I might need

Im also glad that Im not Chris' boat bitch anymore, good news for me, but chris now has to rig and pack away his boat himself. Chris is going to Rio soon to sail the Puma Mini Il Mostros...lucky guy! 

Genesis

So this is it, the start of my moth campaign :) the moment I have been waiting for for nearly two years, when Chris and Glenn got their first boats in Dubai, ever since I have been bugging my parents to buy one for me and also bugging Chris and Glenn to let me use their boat... this has come to an end now! end of the nonsense, I have got my own boat now, bought it from Andrew Brown in NZ, but im not really sure whos boat it is, but that doesnt matter much. 

Shipping the boat here with Weiss-Roehlig, because of their awesome fares, and it should be here end of the week, but not intime for the weekend to sail it. As soon as it gets here I can gaurantee I will be training loads, I have nearly 3 weeks easter break, so Alex and Me will be on the water for the majority, whilst Marcus has his A-levels to worry about. After that I have a 2 week exam study leave, but I can already guarantee no work will be done then :)

But where there was joy, there was pain. I was forced to sell my laser in order to have enough money to buy the Moth, it has done me good, got good results and some good money from the numerous cash regattas. But I compared my interests, and the moth exceeded. It is a fairly old boat, hull # 69, but has been sailed rarely, and when it was sailed last it was Andrew sailing it, so it will be tuned fast.

Who is out there? well we now have nine moths at the Club, and some tough tough competition, theres the two experts Glenn and Chris, and then there is Johnny who is sort of in an intermediate level, and then there is Marcus, Alex, Kirsten and me who fit into the beginner slots. That still leaves Richard and Allesandro, but I havent seen either of them race so I am in no position to judge.

Worlds in 2010, with enough effort and hard work I recon I can become decent enough to make it in the top 25, I will get to know the ugly 'Dubai Chop' as my own back yard, Still being in the lower 70 kilo category, I have an ideal weight for the light airs that we get all year around and can already predict for March/April. The other thing that aids the sailing in Dubai is the 12 month sailing season!

-m