end of race

okay pesta sukan is over.
and im blacker than ever before.
schools starting and i hope i lighten up.

for those who are the straightforward types.
i got third overall.
behind junhao, our asian 4.7 champ.
and manyi, our sea games girls champ.
they happen to be siblings btw, which is rather, charming.

read on if u want the details.

5 races, 1 discard.
6,4,2,6,1.
thats how i placed for each race. combined total of 19 points,
13pts after one discard.

1. led the fleet by a comfortable margin at the first beat, before letting it slip due to 3 mistakes, didnt see the tanker blocking the wind on the right. and on the second beat i shouldve seen the breeze coming down the right.
2. led the fleet by half a leg. sailed really nicely, rain came and got everyone stuck in a hole. extra 15 kgs of body weight didnt really help me. shouldve stayed up current when the wind died.
3. singapore sailors were like shit. i had to chase to idiot qataris down. how they hell they got in front?. i dont know. anyway one bang hard left, one bang hard right. wtf right? couldnt catch whalid, good luck for his asian campaign in the 4.7s.
4. wasnt sure what the wind was doing after it shifted back to southwest. didnt keep a clear head. dug myself a deep hole at the first beat. no time to catch up even though the wind picked up.
5. last race and needing to get 1st and scott to sail his discard to beat him to 3rd, sailed well good start, strong wind meant boat speed was no problem. downwind i did quite okay. better than some days. didnt screw myself up tactically. held whalid off on the last downwind cos he was covering me all the way. didnt see him cos he was doing what they do best upwind, hitting one corner, hard.

overall i did okay, should have won actually, esp with the bullet in race two really going with the wind, as they say proverbially. i guess im fine, had more hard knocks than this, think laser trophy. but i know i have the ability to beat those in front of me. pro as they are, and adorned with gold medals and all. best of all, im not taking it too seriously now.

if u're interested in knowing what the heck im talking about, u can ask, im quite glad to share with u guys abit of sailing and the terminology. its a lonely sport.