How does it feel to win a silver medal and be on the podium at Sail Melbourne?
I’m very pleased with my overall result, and am excited to start the 2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup season so strongly. Going into the event, my goal was to make the medal race and hopefully finish in the top five, so a podium finish exceeded my expectations. I’ve been training hard over the past few months so it feels rewarding to see all of my work pay off. What were your strengths this regatta? What were the keys to your success? For most of the sailing in Melbourne, the left-hand side of the course was favored. The Race Committee and most of the sailors knew this and skewed the course to make the starting line and all gates right-side biased. I think an important part to my success this past week was knowing when to go for the left and when to take advantage of the skewed course. I think I did a good job of processing the conditions and making quick decisions. Having good starts also helped me, as I had the freedom to go where I wanted. What were your challenges? One thing that was di
