January 21, 2007

Subject: Miami OCR 2007! Its a big one!

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you all enjoyed your holidays over the winter and that you're all in the swing of things for 2007. I hope this year brings all of you good things.

I am in Miami right now preparing for the 2007 Rolex Miami OCR. This year's entry list it definitely the most impressive one I've seen in all the years that I've been doing this event. Pretty much everyone who's anyone is here, so it will make for a fantastic event! The last week I've been here just training at the site getting used to the conditions here again. I'm feeling really good in my boat and pretty strong, which is always a good thing! I’m looking forward to some challenging racing in tricky conditions!

Over the last month and a half I have been doing a lot of physical training and I had some good quality training over in Hawaii and Australia. I have to thank John and Danielle Myrdal for having me in Hawaii as well as Mike Leigh and Kat Wade for looking after me in Australia. Both places were fantastic, and what made it even better was the fact that I'd never been to either place before, so I got to be a bit of a tourist! The sailing was really great. Completely different from each other, but always interesing, challenging and fun. Hawaii had a variety of conditions to choose from with little boat traffic but lots of turtle traffic, whereas Sydney Harbour was absolute chaos! Wow! I have never seen so many boats in one area before. It was even more amazing when I got to watch the start of the Sydney-Hobart race! All of this was great to get me comfortable in what I’m doing again. Its time for a new season and a fresh start!

So now I'm all geared up for this years big North American event! I'll keep you all posted much more regularly, this I promise! If you want to watch the regatta online, go to www.rolexmiamiocr.org.

Top Canadian at this event will get a berth at the Pre-Olympics this August in Qingdao China. Also it is a part of our National Qualifying criteria. Wish me luck and I’ll write again soon.

Ciao for now!
Keamia