I’ve been over in Amsterdam for a couple of days for the Ishares Cup which is one of the events that our Group runs. It involves extremely fast and exciting extreme 40’s racing around one of the docks there which has been incredible fun to watch. It’s not every day that you see that kind of action in a city centre!
Hello again!
Well it’s been a really exciting few days out in Marseille for the iShares Cup. It’s been hot and windy, and certainly pretty fun sailing! The boats, the Extreme 40’s are amazing to sail, and with wind and waves, that excitement is just incredible. The racing is fast, I mean really fast, and furious, and having spent the last race onboard Groupama I was reminded of the speed and the brutality of the Grand Prix races I used to do onboard the ORMA 60’s. It felt quite odd not being part of the team who were out there racing each day, quite odd waking each morning not thinking of the race course. But for once it did give me the time to be out there watching, soaking in all that was going on onboard the boats, and the differences between the teams. It’s full on racing, and at those speeds there is no time to make decisions. It’s all on, all physical and all quick thinking from the moment you cross the start line to the moment you cross the finish line!
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