Clinic Day Three and Lessons Learned

On the water early today with some drills focusing on upwind strategy. Tricky to explain here, but the idea was to force the sailors into making three key decisions upwind: 1) The favored side, or first shift; 2) How and when to consolidate your lead; and, 3) how to take advantage of the last shift and approach the weather mark. Good stuff, and the primary "sailing" lessons learned for the day.

In the afternoon session Romain and Quinn elected to sail with the Silver fleet and do a bit of a tour of the islands with a simulated Volvo Ocean Race -- Four legs each with different characteristics. Kristopher and Dane remained with the Gold fleet and worked on some big course strategy and downwind speed.

Lessons of the day are many and the stories complex, so for tonight we'll keep things brief and simply list the lessons:

1. Do the right thing
2. Stand up for your rights
3. Be true to your own integrity

That's a heavy list... But, a good environment to learn these three.