Cheryl Skribes from Team Canada is representing at the 2010 World Sprints and is keeping us informed on the antics in New Calidonia.
hi everyone,
the canadians have arrived! and so have the tahitians, kiwis, aussies, hawaiians, samoans, rapa nuians, french, italians and the list goes on. the flight was long but it is very exciting now that we are finally here.
yesterday we had our first practice session and it went remarkedly well with normal trade winds blowing. the wind is definately going to be challenging, but as all us cdn steersmen decided it will make for some very good racing!
today however it is a different story.......it is blowing a gale and pounding rain and i have watched in the past 1.5 hours the wind move from a direct head wind to a honking side wind to what seems to be a normal trade wind direction but with such gusto it should liven things up quite a bit in the 'lets stay on course' department!! oh well that is racing and if it were easy then it just wouldnt be that fun.
some funny moments so far.........the italians arrived in fine 'fashion'. the boys had their shirts tucked into their speedos. the guys from calgary just couldnt get over it and wouldnt stop talking about it or starring at them. us girls were starting to worry a bit about but when we mentioned the calgary boys obsession they just spewed out a bunch of swear words and assured us real men dont wear speedos!
yesterday afternoon including a bit of fun and frivolity at the local pub including as you might guess some drinking games. for the most part the canadians behaved (for the exception of a few spouses) for the sake of our upcoming races.......but judging from what we saw in the competition at the bar as i appeard that many other countries didnt seem to be holding back......that canoe race in the bar is the one the canadians are sure to win once the serious part of the competiton is over!
well gotta fly. we have an early morning practice then the opening parade and ceremonies to follow. hope mother natures settles down for our 45 min walk in the parade to the place of celebration (45 min is a long parade dont you think when we are in a full tropical storm!!) cheryl
hi everyone,
the canadians have arrived! and so have the tahitians, kiwis, aussies, hawaiians, samoans, rapa nuians, french, italians and the list goes on. the flight was long but it is very exciting now that we are finally here.
yesterday we had our first practice session and it went remarkedly well with normal trade winds blowing. the wind is definately going to be challenging, but as all us cdn steersmen decided it will make for some very good racing!
today however it is a different story.......it is blowing a gale and pounding rain and i have watched in the past 1.5 hours the wind move from a direct head wind to a honking side wind to what seems to be a normal trade wind direction but with such gusto it should liven things up quite a bit in the 'lets stay on course' department!! oh well that is racing and if it were easy then it just wouldnt be that fun.
some funny moments so far.........the italians arrived in fine 'fashion'. the boys had their shirts tucked into their speedos. the guys from calgary just couldnt get over it and wouldnt stop talking about it or starring at them. us girls were starting to worry a bit about but when we mentioned the calgary boys obsession they just spewed out a bunch of swear words and assured us real men dont wear speedos!
yesterday afternoon including a bit of fun and frivolity at the local pub including as you might guess some drinking games. for the most part the canadians behaved (for the exception of a few spouses) for the sake of our upcoming races.......but judging from what we saw in the competition at the bar as i appeard that many other countries didnt seem to be holding back......that canoe race in the bar is the one the canadians are sure to win once the serious part of the competiton is over!
well gotta fly. we have an early morning practice then the opening parade and ceremonies to follow. hope mother natures settles down for our 45 min walk in the parade to the place of celebration (45 min is a long parade dont you think when we are in a full tropical storm!!) cheryl
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