Kiel

After the Laser Europeans ended last Friday, I took an early flight on Saturday from Tallinn, Estonia, to Hamburg, Germany.  Once in Hamburg, I rented a car and drove north to Kiel, the site of the penultimate World Cup Regatta of the 2010 season.  I took the rest of Saturday and all of Sunday off to rest up and regroup, before hitting the water on Monday for more training.

So far I've trained Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday and will train tomorrow too.  Friday is reserved for registration and measurement, and our regatta starts on Saturday.  The event is five days long with 13 races scheduled, so the Race Committee will try to bang off a lot of races each day.  Moreover, Kiel is infamous for its cold and rainy conditions and long tows out to the course.  It should be a pretty intense few days!

What's cool about Kiel is that the US Team all stays together on "the Farm."  Our accomodation is about 15 minutes from the yacht club and is literally on a farm; we have to drive through fields and past farm animals each day!  There are a handful of houses and apartments scattered around one big house where we get internet and all of our meals.  It's a pretty cool place, and it's certainly enjoyable to have so many US guys to hang out with at night.

After this regatta I'll be heading back to the states for most of July before returning to England in August for Sail for Gold and our World Championships!

Stay tuned for more updates from Kiel!