Its march 2012 and in a few days we will start the World Cup in Palma. The last 2 months quite some things happened. We sailed in Miami where we finished 10th. After that we heared we are no longer part of the Delta Lloyd kernploeg. The federation still supports us as much as they can though to continue untill the Olympics. In February we picked up training again together with the girls in Palma, and we have been there a few times now doing some testing and racing. The coming 2 months will be busy. 4 events to decide if we go to the olympics or not. We are fit though and ready for it! First races start 2nd of april...
After a week of training the moment is there now. This afternoon the first day of the World Cup Miami will take place. We have a late afternoon schedule with 14:00 starts everyday. The wind is forecasted light, so typically Miami conditions. We had a nice training period and feel comfortable to start this afternoon. The main points for this week are the focus and communication, we worked hard on that the past days and we will use that this week.
You can follow the racing on: http://rmocr.ussailing.org/
We keep you posted!
Stevens
When we arrived in Miami everything was going as planned. But after a few days, in the middle of the night, I started to feel sick and couldn't hold any food inside my body for a few days. Bad timing, because the US Nationals were about to start. We tried to sail as many races as possible, but the first day after some waiting on the water we decided to go in. The second and third day we sail 4 races and I was feeling much better already. I'm up to normal dinners again and getting stronger and stronger.
For now there is a week training on the program, starting today. It seems we get some Miami conditions again, light winds and warm weather. We will training till the weekend and monday the World Cup will start. We are gonna make sure we are fit and fresh by then!
We keep you posted!
Stevens
First of all, happy new year to all of you! We hope you had a great christmas and new year with family and friends. After we came back from Perth we had a little break to sort some things out. Because of our results in 2011 the funding for TeamSteven in 2012 will be shortened. This means we have to make good plans how to proceed our campaign in 2012 to be able to qualify for London!
After some meetings and thinking we are really happy with the program we have and we are looking forward to go on the water again! The program is still on the highest level and luckily we don't have to make any concessions towards London!
Sunday we left Amsterdam to warmer weather. Miami it is! We are preparing the boat now and tomorrow will be the first day on the water. Coming friday we will start with the US Nationals, I will try to find a website where you can follow the results. After the US Nationals we have one week of training before the World Cup starts here.
We will keep you posted!
Stevens
This morning we found out that we were disqualified from all races of the World championship. We missed a stamp on our measurement certificate. This has nothing to do with the equipment, it is just a paperwork issue. We were not informed about this and so we could not do anything about it anymore. It is a heavy decision, but we have to take it how it is!
Luckily it was not our best event.. This afternoon we will fly back home. Next year must be a more positive year for us! For now: control, alt, delete!
Stevens
