Update - Olympic Trials Begin

I have been in Miami for a few days now, warming up for the start of the Miami World Cup Regatta. Racing begins tomorrow and this is the first of two regattas that combined will make up the Olympic Trials. The weather in Florida for the past two weeks (I was in Ft Lauderdale prior to Miami) has been very stormy and changeable. Each day a different direction, with some big wind and rain storms. I had a short practice yesterday with Lindsey Baab when most sailors weren't sailing due to too much wind. It was good to get out and sail, although we both bent mast sections. It is frustrating to know that you are likely to be bending either top or bottom sections when it is windy! I have already bent two bottoms since I have been here in Florida.
The format for the regatta consists of two races per day for six days. In the first three days our 80 boat fleet is divided into two even fleets, blue and yellow (based on ranking or current standing in the regatta). After three days we are split into the top and bottom halves called gold and silver.

The forecast seems to be steadying out a little bit with medium winds from the east clocking around to the SE over the next few days.

I'll send out updates as the regatta progresses, we have 18 Americans in the Women's Radial fleet. I hoping to be in the top five, but as is always the case, racing involves executing one thing at a time. It starts with the start!