... I have a residential in Bathurst this week - and an exam!! Hadn't put that into the equation!! Hope mt rec leave gets the nod.
Learnings from Saturday:
- take NSAIDS,
- hiking with one foot under leeward strap reduces pointing by 5 degrees on that tack (overall 10 degree added to tacking angle),
- I can race the boat in 20k
- when you think the luff is down hard, pull more vang on, and then you can get another inch down on the luff (there would be an equation for that), just shows the effect of mast bend on luff curve hey,
- I MUST MUST MUST learn to set the time on my countdown watch, and remember to wear it!
- my hair must be thinning casue my scalp ot burned on Saturday
Hi ho, hi ho - off to work I go
S
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
16 days to go and still learning
.. that I need to take NSAIDs with me to Tas - especially if it is windy - jiggers my neck - badly! Recovering fast with drugs.
S
S
Saturday, December 5, 2009
17 days to go ....
... seriously no trees on the car please ... I just spent money on it!
4.25pm Relaxing at the Apollonian Hotel, the wagon is parked under trees I have just realised!! Note - my wagon, not the hotel's wagon!!
Just did one race - pretty windy - had some good rides and felt ok. Don't want to break anything so just did the one race. Now into the books - well - recording kep points and then copying them onto a CD to play in the car on the way to residential - can't think of any other way to do it!!!
Cannot decide on rig tension for breeze - I had it snug but no where near tight - would have felt better with less tension and laid over. What would the love triangle suggest?
S
4.25pm Relaxing at the Apollonian Hotel, the wagon is parked under trees I have just realised!! Note - my wagon, not the hotel's wagon!!
Just did one race - pretty windy - had some good rides and felt ok. Don't want to break anything so just did the one race. Now into the books - well - recording kep points and then copying them onto a CD to play in the car on the way to residential - can't think of any other way to do it!!!
Cannot decide on rig tension for breeze - I had it snug but no where near tight - would have felt better with less tension and laid over. What would the love triangle suggest?
S
Friday, December 4, 2009
it's friday and 18 days to go ....
... another week finished and some prep jobs completed.
Car service found cracked engine pipe and need for new catalytic converter - done!
She sounds a bit quiter in the underbelly now.
New centreboard has arrived and is very smooth - thanks Martyn. I'll try it out at Lake Cootharaba this weekend.
At my current burn rate - I'll be workng till I'm 100!! But hey - what else would I do?
Yep, Lake Cootharaba this weekend, short trip really, compared to 2435km to Bellerive - bit of a trick really, that distance, straight of whereis, includes the 435km on the ship :-)
S
Car service found cracked engine pipe and need for new catalytic converter - done!
She sounds a bit quiter in the underbelly now.
New centreboard has arrived and is very smooth - thanks Martyn. I'll try it out at Lake Cootharaba this weekend.
At my current burn rate - I'll be workng till I'm 100!! But hey - what else would I do?
Yep, Lake Cootharaba this weekend, short trip really, compared to 2435km to Bellerive - bit of a trick really, that distance, straight of whereis, includes the 435km on the ship :-)
S
Thursday, December 3, 2009
19 days to go ...
... new centreboard is on its way, it might arrive tomorrow, in which case I will be able to use it at Lake Cootharaba on the weekend.
As reported a few days ago, I am sailing at Lake Cootharaba this weekend - just to get some focus, play with the boat and do some stuff so that when I get to Hobart, I feel like I've done it before.
It's hard to separate the work day events and info from my sailing journey - work seems like a huge distraction at the moment - not that it isn't interesting etc - but it does feel like a distraction - and one thing I have been working on at a personal level is managing distractions.
It's all coming down to just me and Slow Hand now.
This weekend we will bond just a little more.
Susan
As reported a few days ago, I am sailing at Lake Cootharaba this weekend - just to get some focus, play with the boat and do some stuff so that when I get to Hobart, I feel like I've done it before.
It's hard to separate the work day events and info from my sailing journey - work seems like a huge distraction at the moment - not that it isn't interesting etc - but it does feel like a distraction - and one thing I have been working on at a personal level is managing distractions.
It's all coming down to just me and Slow Hand now.
This weekend we will bond just a little more.
Susan
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
20 days to go ...
More prep - car booked for checking over before the big trip.
I had kinda dreamed that a tree fell on the Falcon, and I ended up having to take the Subaru - but the tree thing hasn't happened - yet - well, I guess there is still 20 days in which it could happen!! I am not going to plan for that.
I have the trip to Lake Cootharaba this weekend - so just left the swag and mattress in the car from the States. Not a conducive arrangement for study - bugga!!
Received an email from PSA about Laser coaching - I think this might be an opportunity to push the boundaries of my sailing envelope. It's certainly not something that would happen to me in the Sabre class.
Hi ho, hi ho ... off to work I go.
Sue
I had kinda dreamed that a tree fell on the Falcon, and I ended up having to take the Subaru - but the tree thing hasn't happened - yet - well, I guess there is still 20 days in which it could happen!! I am not going to plan for that.
I have the trip to Lake Cootharaba this weekend - so just left the swag and mattress in the car from the States. Not a conducive arrangement for study - bugga!!
Received an email from PSA about Laser coaching - I think this might be an opportunity to push the boundaries of my sailing envelope. It's certainly not something that would happen to me in the Sabre class.
Hi ho, hi ho ... off to work I go.
Sue
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Advent begins
HI,
I am celebrating the beginning of advent with (a) a gym session at 6.30am and (b) giving my PT his Advent Calendar!
It's 21 days till departure - just 3 weeks.
Hopefully my drysuit is now with the guys at Wet n Dry (Ulladulla, NSW).
I have been pondering the whole Christmas thing - and really, Easter is a bigger event in the Christian/church calendar than Christmas - but we don't give and receive gifts at Easter, so there isn't so much commercial opportunity.
Personally, I do wish that Christian leaders would get a grip and teach the truth, instead of pandering to what people want and fostering the myths that have become accepted as truths.
I am fighting a lonely battle.
S
I am celebrating the beginning of advent with (a) a gym session at 6.30am and (b) giving my PT his Advent Calendar!
It's 21 days till departure - just 3 weeks.
Hopefully my drysuit is now with the guys at Wet n Dry (Ulladulla, NSW).
I have been pondering the whole Christmas thing - and really, Easter is a bigger event in the Christian/church calendar than Christmas - but we don't give and receive gifts at Easter, so there isn't so much commercial opportunity.
Personally, I do wish that Christian leaders would get a grip and teach the truth, instead of pandering to what people want and fostering the myths that have become accepted as truths.
I am fighting a lonely battle.
S
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