It seems the mothosphere has really taken a dip in terms of blogging. I think this is down to more and more people taking it all more and more seriously. This is true for me as I have reached the point where I can actually start to see gains in speed and performance. In reality when you are running a business, enjoying your family and then trying to improve your mothing, something has to give and I guess blogging is the easiest to let go of.
It’s funny really as I normally had so much to write about but lately it’s been just enjoying time in the boat, developing and testing stuff at Stokes HQ with the Stokes crew.
It’s great to see that Chris is fully settling in to his new level of performance and even on a bad day (by his standards) is still ripping it up and going quick.
We are learning more and more each day about where the performance gains are to be had and hopefully come Garda there will be a speedy Oligario on the race track.
In the meantime, it’s back to basics and refining boat handling starting with gybing. Thanks to the bullet cam, I am able to break down each gybe and analyse where they working and where they are not which has had a massive impact on training as you can rapidly work out where you need to adjust technique. For me, it’s port to starboard which is the waker gybe but already getting better.
Starboard to port is much better than it was even a few weeks ago and again thanks to the video analysis, I can even time the transition from start to finish and have noticed the time taken to complete has halved from recent sessions. Some of this is down to the change in setup and some of the equipment which has made it easier and some is down to just going out and training with everyone else.
To summarise, my moth mojo is fully restored, I love my boat and I love mothing all over again xxx
Comments
Sounds like you are taking it too seriously. Breaking down your gibes?! I’m not blogging because I am very seriously not going sailing at the moment!
Unless you want to read about the ins and outs of buying a mountain bike frame and reading comics like the child I am.
Oh, and where’s the video?
Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Cr2UxOaDM
Hi Phil
Looking good. What is that noise? sounds like a 60s SciFi movie soundtrack! Have you got those new super skinny Ellway foils on?
My new discipline is to race and finish as much as possible and I am loving it. No more zooming up and down Simmonds channel. If I am training I pick two marks and practice racing round them.
I hear Ricky Lovering is joining Stokes Bay. Good in a way as we have lots of newbies joining Hayling and we need the space! There is a guy called Olly who is keen and doing well.
See you soon.
Graham