Krystal Weir

Double Bay Sailing Pre-Spring Regatta 1st

August 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »

Krystal finishes first at Pre-Spring Regatta at Double Bay Sailing Club on Sydney Harbour.
It is great to be home! I have been back in Australia for a week and I just couldn’t help myself. Double Bay Sailing Club was having there annual sprint regatta over two days 21-22nd August. It is a great little club tucked inside the [...]

Sail For Gold 2010

August 17th, 2010 | No Comments »

Sail For Gold has proved to be a very positive event for me leading into a training block over the next three months. It was disappointing to not get into the Medal Race due to a blackflag on the last race but the benefits far outway it.
I had a mixed regatta with plenty of ups [...]

Sail for Gold 3rd and 8th on Day One

August 10th, 2010 | No Comments »

I finished today with a 3rd and 8th at Sail For Gold, UK.
We had a great breeze from the SW at 15knots. I started the regatta with a great start and first work upwind, I was able to hold off the other girls and finish with a third.
The second race wasnt so straight forward [...]

Weymonth Pre-Training

August 9th, 2010 | No Comments »

In sunny Weymonth for the start of the Sail for Gold event starting today.
I arrived into Weymonth three days ago in preparation for sailing in the “Sail for Gold” regatta. Day one I arrived down the yacht club for 30knot+ gusts with a 25knot average, with these types of conditions I soon forgot about the jetlag [...]