Hello all!!
I am in Riva del Garda right now for some training leading up to the World Sailing Games which will be held in Austria in just over a week. I just arrived here a couple days ago, and if the wind fills in today it will be my first day out here for some good training with a great group of girls. I traveled from France to Italy with the Canadian Yngling team and we stopped in Monaco for lunch on the way over... We stopped in at the Yacht Club there and were treated like celebrities. The city is beautiful and I even got to see some Ferrari's close up! Pretty sweet!
Let me first fill you in quickly on what's happened since Midwinters East! I know its been a long time and I do apologize for that.
After having been in Florida for nearly two months, I headed back to my brother's house in Houston to relax a bit... But not for long as I headed to the Dominican Republic for a Canadian Sailing Team Training camp!
The Dominican Republic is a really beautiful place. I hadn't been there since the Pan American Games in 2003, so it was really nice to go back there and the sailing was FANTASTIC! Big Breeze everyday... Great fitness training. And might I add that we were living and launching off the beautiful beach there. It was really a great opportunity not only to work on my sailing fitness, but to get to know a lot of the other people on the Canadian Team who I'd never really gotten to know before. I was there for 2 weeks, one week training and one regatta. It was an adventure getting to the venue for the regatta as it was a 3 hour drive on a road full of potholes, but it was beautiful scenery of rainforest and small villages. I won the regatta and came home with some prize money which was really nice!
Before heading to Europe I had 2 weeks down time at my brother's place, where I managed to get really sick and injure my knee all at once, but I'm all good now, so it was good it happened then!
This year I decided to go to Europe a little earlier than I had previously and I hit the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. This was a great warm-up event for the european circuit. Not only that, but it was nice to see a new venue this year. The sailing there was really quite nice, unfortunately I had a difficult time to clear my head and get focused on the task at hand until halfway through the event. It was difficult for me as I missed the Gold Fleet by just a few points again like at the worlds. I did manage to get through it and came out with some good insight into what I need to focus on for the rest of the summer here.
Following Palma, I headed back to France for the Semaine Olympique Francais again this year. This event went a lot better for me, though I didn't reach my goal for my result, I managed to pull off some good starts and I was always up there for most of the race. I still have work to do to keep myself up in the top 10. I did finish in the Gold fleet and I was fighting hard to keep moving up the fleet.
Now I'm moving forward with my training and just waiting for the wind today, as the rain managed to kill off any possibility of the 'sea breeze' here.
I have attatched a couple of photos from over here in Europe! I hope that you are all having a great time and I'm looking forward to hearing back from you! I will make sure to write more frequently again so that these mails aren't so long!!
Take care!!
~~Keamia~~
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