We last left you with out medal race at the conclusion of the SOF Hyeres World Cup #4.
Medal Race conditions were unlike the rest of the regatta with 18-25 knots and big waves. We havent had much time in those conditions with our new gear and felt a little off pace. We did the best we could and had a good start, but not good enough to make it out to the left side. We were forced off right and immediately felt off the pace. We rounded the first mark in 10th. We caught up a little downwind and then had a great gate choice to immediately put us in 7th. We briefly caught up to 5th but were tacked on and went back to 7th. We lost our big chance downwind to salvage our finish but failed to jibe at the last mark. We finished in 8th to take 9th overall. We are a little disappointed but know we still made a lot of progress in other areas in the rest of the event.
Starting continues to be a challenge and one that i hope Stu gets a chance to work on in the next 3 months with me out of the game. Super sub crew Willie McBride from Santa Barbara will be stepping in for me during my recovery time after my surgery.
Happy to say that surgery was successful, even with a minor surprise. My Doctor let me know that the tendon had actually separated from the bone which he didnt expect. So the final procedure was: suturing up the tendon, re-attaching it to the bone, and then carving a small groove in the back of my ankle bone so the tendon wont move anymore. Im completely wrapped up and unable to do much but recover. However the good news is that i should be able to hot the gym tomorrow for upper body.
Before my surgery i did manage to get out on my new toy which was awesome! I cant wait to get back to 100% to perfect the art of foiling. However after 2 days i already have carbon to work to do. pic 1 pic 2 pic 3
