Today started as usual with a coach meeting and a briefing with the team. The feeling in the team was good.
The first match was against Portugal. We won the match pretty clear with good teamwork and speed. After the finish Marius got a 1 point penalty because he forgot to secure his daggerboard in the hull. But we won the match any way. But the coach was not to happy about is behaviour afterwards…
The next Match was against the home nation Argentina. IT started well with a good start. By the upwind mark everyone was together and some situations. Lucas got a penalty but we were still in the game. Unfortunately Oscar got a red flag on the down wind and it started to look really bad. The guys fought all the way but lost the match in the end.
Now we had lost the game of the day and were now forced to win he rest to get to the podium. The opponent was Turkey, a fast team. Sadly this game never became a match. Three sailors in the Swedish team restarted and the Turkish team were 1,2,3,4 at the top mark and the game was over after 2 minutes.
The team including the coach were upset after the kick out. “it feels bad to get out of the tournament with a rookie mistake”.
To summarize the team race regatta the Swedish tam made it good. We finished on a shared 9th place. But we al feel that we hade the level to fight for the podium.
The winner was a bit surprisingly Thailand, which won in two straight games against Singapore, the bronze did Spain get.
We also want to give a big applaud to our friends in the west, Norway, they finished 4th! They were sailing amazing all day and lost the semi final against Singapore with only a couple of inches and beat courtiers like Spain on the way.
Now we are on the way out on a nice restaurant and tomorrow we have a day without sailing. We will then go up the river delta and hopefully have a nice and relaxing day.
//Oskar
The first match was against Portugal. We won the match pretty clear with good teamwork and speed. After the finish Marius got a 1 point penalty because he forgot to secure his daggerboard in the hull. But we won the match any way. But the coach was not to happy about is behaviour afterwards…
The next Match was against the home nation Argentina. IT started well with a good start. By the upwind mark everyone was together and some situations. Lucas got a penalty but we were still in the game. Unfortunately Oscar got a red flag on the down wind and it started to look really bad. The guys fought all the way but lost the match in the end.
Now we had lost the game of the day and were now forced to win he rest to get to the podium. The opponent was Turkey, a fast team. Sadly this game never became a match. Three sailors in the Swedish team restarted and the Turkish team were 1,2,3,4 at the top mark and the game was over after 2 minutes.
The team including the coach were upset after the kick out. “it feels bad to get out of the tournament with a rookie mistake”.
To summarize the team race regatta the Swedish tam made it good. We finished on a shared 9th place. But we al feel that we hade the level to fight for the podium.
The winner was a bit surprisingly Thailand, which won in two straight games against Singapore, the bronze did Spain get.
We also want to give a big applaud to our friends in the west, Norway, they finished 4th! They were sailing amazing all day and lost the semi final against Singapore with only a couple of inches and beat courtiers like Spain on the way.
Now we are on the way out on a nice restaurant and tomorrow we have a day without sailing. We will then go up the river delta and hopefully have a nice and relaxing day.
//Oskar