My tent at the campsiteOver all the travels weren´t too grueling to get here. I think my (Matt´s) trip was the longest at about 21 hours doorstep to doorstep (tent setup). But all and all no major hiccups, lost bags or castrophies. Although Chris did get quite the going over taking the sails through customs. Dale and I are staying in a camp ground about a 20 minute walk from the Royal Danish Yacht Club where we´re racing, and Christine and her sister are in a hotel a bit farther away. The campsite is great! Complete with showers, kitchen, free wi-fi, and a cafe. It´s definitely the ritziest (sp?) campsite I´ve ever been too. Which brings up another camping topic: while european RV´s are smaller their tents are at least twice as big. I have never seen so many large tents in my life. Other then the tents that Dale and I brought I could stand up in every tent in the campsite. These things are huge.
Meeting Chris and her sister, Carol, at the airport. The giant tube are the sails.On to sailing. Last week was spent sight-seeing about Copenhagen, prepairing the boat and getting it through the official regatta measurements. We had a practice race yesterday which went pretty well, and two races today. All and all today´s races went well. Out of a 57 boat fleet we finished 35th the first race, and 29th the second. The second race we were in the top ten for awhile but the wind was flukey and while it was strong at the bottom of the last leg on the left (where we went) it died out by the time we got to the top and filled on the right, allowing at least 15 boats to pass us as we faught our way right to the wind.
Dale and Chris with our beautiful boat
Another shot of our boat.
Dale setting the boat up for measurementYou can watch are races live, or after we´ve finished at:
http://www.tractrac.com/?page=live
and pictures are posted at:
http://picasaweb.google.dk/kdyyngling
Cheers all,
- Matt (Vandy)
