2000 and 2008 Olympian, Dan Slater, reflects on his fourth place at Kiel Week in the Finn class
I know its been a while and some of you know I have been back in the Finn the last 4 weeks as a build up to this years Finn World Championships to be held in Denmark on July 5-11.
It’s been a good month with some really cold stuff and some sore legs having not really hiked in a boat for the last 10 months. I feel that I am starting to find my way again and having had time to evaluate the Olympics and change a few things now after a break I think things are going quite well.
Last month I started my trip off with the Holland regatta. It all went really well except for 2 races and overall I finished 9th out of 60 boats. Now, after a few weeks of training and some big boat sailing to fill some gaps I just finished Kiel Week in Germany.
We had 55 boats and I finished 4th overall, which I was pleased with. However, I still have a few things to work on before the Worlds start. This was a interesting regatta as we only got 4 races in before the medal race (and you needed 5 races to get a discard) so there was no discard race in the regatta and every race counted, which hurt a few.
Tomorrow I am heading off to Denmark to get some days in on the water before the World Championships. Last time I was at the same venue it was my second ever European Regatta as a 19 year old in a Laser and it was snowing before the first race so I hope it’s a bit more pleasant this time.
I will keep you posted as I go through the Worlds.
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