I hope everyone is doing well!
Here are some pictures of yesterday’s racing. A typical day goes as follows here in China:
7:00am wake up
7:30am check scale (make sure I am under weight or I go to the gym)
9:00am catch bus to venue to make official weigh in (dont eat or drink anything before this 9am weigh in)
9:15am catch taxi back to hotel after weigh in for breakfast
10:00am catch bus back to venue after breakfast
12:00pm Schedule start if there is any wind…. (yesterday we stayed on the dock until 4pm, race 1 started at 5:45pm)
Towed home at 7pm in the dark
Bus back to hotel 7:45pm
Dinner 8:15pm
Bed 9pm…
ground hog day, everyday……


The best star sailors in the world are here and it has made for very close racing. It was a long day yesterday, waiting for the wind.. We finally got off the dock at 4pm, for a start time of 5:30pm we finished 7th in the race. We are in 9th place overall just a few points from 6th…

We have 3 races scheduled today (wishful thinking) I just read the weather report from Jennifer Lilly (the US sailing teams meteorologist) it looks marginal at best today.. I am hearing rumors that if we get in at least 2 races today that the medal race will be held tomorrow as scheduled… stand by for that.

All in all its been a great experience, the venue is amazing the locals are nice but the sailing is henious…

gotta go catch the bus to weigh in

Austin