After a short break post-Worlds, we left the US in mid-September for Marseille, France, the 2024 Olympic Venue, to do 3 weeks of training with some of the best teams in the world.
The first week here we had great breeze and waves and were finally able to diagnose the biggest problems with our downwind speed. Big step forward! We are now pacing with fast teams downwind in training. Now it will require countless hours of repetition be able to implement this new speed on the race course. Good thing we have a few months to get in the reps before our next competition in March.
Currently we are still in Marseille, halfway through this October training camp. This week we are working on upwind foiling in chop and waves. Super cool to learn how the rig setup affects the ease of sailing/trim in the seastate and how body weight can be best used to attain stability on the foil upwind. We are chipping away at better upwind speed in breeze and waves.
We will take a week off at the end of the month and then put in more time on the water here at the olympic venue in November. After that, Thanksgiving with family, and then some weeks of training at home with the US Team in Miami in December.
