Only one practice day left - Santander

If you haven't been following, I am currently in Santander, Spain which is on the North coast in Cantabria. I am about to begin racing in the Women's Laser Radial Worlds which is also part of the ISAF Sailing World Championships (only happens every 4 years). It's like the Olympics, but only for sailing. In my class, the Women's Singlehanded (aka: Laser Radial), there are 120 competitors from 58 countries, 3 of us are from the USA.  There are a total of 10 Olympic classes here competing for World Champion status and everyone is working hard in anticipation of the Olympics in 2016.

Olympic Sailing Classes:

Women's Singlehanded (Laser Radial)

Men's Singlehanded (Laser)

Men's Heavy Singlehanded (Finn)

Women's Doublehanded (470)

Men's Doublehanded (470)

Women's High Performance Doublehanded (49erFX)

Men's High Performance Doublehanded (49er)

Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17 Catamaran)

Women's Windsurfing (RSX)

Mens Windsurfing (RSX)

We are racing on the Bay of Biscay - which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. That means we have waves! Today's practice was beautiful again, warm, sunny, a beautiful strong sea breeze (about 15 or 16 knots) and nice waves. There are a lot of weeds in the water here.

Racing starts on Friday, so we only have one practice day left. I can't wait for the competition to begin! You can check results and info about the regatta here: www.Santander2014.com

As you can see from the photos, it is a beautiful place to sail and a beautiful city. We are sailing on course HP and Freixenet the first two days.

Tomorrow night is the Opening Ceremonies.