14th overall at French Olympic Sailing Week 2022. Haven’t looked at results all week, but nice to take a peek now that racing is over.
After two good races on the last day, the final race presented a challenge for us. Our start at the boat end of the line went awry, and we lost our lane pretty much right away. A few tacks later… and we had not dug ourselves out of the pack.
Uh oh, this is a light race with a short course… Got a lot of work to do! I told David “If we win at comms during this race, then we’ve won the day.” AKA we’ve already sailed two good races for the day, and if we nail our comms and teamwork while we’re in a tough spot in the last race of the day… well… we’ve won at our most important goals!
David said “Let’s win the day!” and we got to work sailing the boat as hard as we could. We passed boats the whole race, and even though race 15 was not our best score of the regatta, it was an awesome way to wrap up our event.
We came to Hyeres with the goal of checking in with our routine, our process, and our teamwork now that we’ve had a two year hiatus from racing. We weren’t concerned about results so we didn’t follow them. We just went out every day and tried to solve problems. Guess what? We learned SO MUCH. Thank you David for all your hard work, and thank you to our sponsors and donors for making it possible for us to be here.
P.S. Two years ago I dreamed of this moment. Coming to race an international event after having a baby… recovered, stronger, smarter, wiser, a better athlete. I thought “can I do it?” David knew I could. We made it. This might be the biggest goal I have ever achieved in my life. It also happens to be an excellent result to start out our second Olympic campaign with. Go the USA 50! Next up, training in Newport…
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