Day 6 of training, practice and getting ready for the Newport-Bermuda ocean race. It’s been a tough few days as we meet at the boat at 9, are out on the water for hours of sailing maneuvers, getting data on performance of the sails, and then fix issues and clean up by 6 in time for the daily debrief from our coach. Finally around 730 grab some dinner, relax and ready to start all over again.

We’re still climbing the learning curve and have a long way to go, but if you learn from your mistakes, then we’re learning hard!

Crews for other boats starting to arrive in Newport now, so the town is buzzing. As the crew House is above the Fastnet Pub, this doesn’t make for easy sleeping. 

The start is on Friday, and we’ll be glad to stop training and get into the race proper.