Sunday, December 11, 2005

Subject: Worlds are done!!

Hey there!

Well, the worlds are finally finished (for 2 days now) and its been a
great relief to have this event over and done with. I hadn't realized how
stressed I was until the regatta finished. It felt like a huge weight was
taken off my shoulders and I could finally relax. I did a lot of training
to come here and in the end it was a bit disappointing to not make the gold
fleet. The last two days of finals were quite good training and though I
wasn't on top of my game for the second last day, I seem to have found my
pace again for the last day. Unfortunately we only had one race on the last
day because of the time limit for the regatta. In the last race, I rounded
the top mark in the top 8, then the bottom mark in the top 5. The second
beat and the reach proved to be difficult and I let 3 boats pass me, but I
hung in there and passed those boats again on the second reach and the last
beat to the finish. I ended up 5th in that race which was a nice finish to
the event. Unfortunately it only moved me up into 6th place in the silver
fleet.

I am happy with my sailing, though the results were not the greatest. I have
every intention of looking at my sailing again after this event and working
on all the things that seemed to be holding me back. There are a lot of
things that I learned here, and a lot of things I learned that I have to
work on. For the moment, I plan to relax a little and get a few days of
skiing in when I get home. Then its Christmas with the family and then back
to the grindstone! Miami OCR is my next event

Thank you to all of you who have been so supportive. Your e-mails really
helped me to keep positive and keep pushing myself forward this regatta.

Big congratulations to Paige, Sophie and Anna who took all the spots on the
podium. They sailed the most consistently in all the conditions and showed
us that they really belong where they finished. Well done ladies!

All right! Well, I have to go and start packing as I fly home tomorrow. Its
going to be nice to get out of here, but I know that I will miss this place
as soon as I'm gone. The sailing has been fantastic!!

Ciao for now!
~~Keamia~~