Delphine Cousin wins 2nd AFF event
Delphine reports:
Bonjour à tous,
Du 18 au 20 Mai se déroulait la deuxième étape du Championnat de France Promotion AFF à Brest.
Après 3 jours de conditions difficiles dû a un vent mal orienté (vent de terre) nous avons pu valider un total de 2 manches. En effet, malgré les efforts du comité de course et des heures passées sur l’eau tous les jours nous n’avons pas pu faire mieux.
Je remporte les deux manches courues et j’en suis très contente. Cependant, mon problème de départs n’est toujours pas réglé et j’ai pu faire confiance à ma bonne vitesse et à des bons jibes pour gagner les deux manches.
Cette seconde victoire me permet de me rapprocher un peu plus d’un deuxième titre de Championne de France pour 2013 même s’il reste encore deux étapes et qu’il faudra rester concentrer.
Après cette épreuve, un break de 2 mois pour les compétitions va me permettre de pouvoir travailler sur mes points faibles pour attaquer au mieux la prochaine étape de coupe du monde qui aura lieu en Turquie en Août.
À bientôt,
Delphine Cousin
FRA-775
Je remercie mes partenaires Neilpryde, JP-Australia, NP, Garage La DIV, Jeewin, Yacht Club Carnac, la ville de Carnac et le CDV 56
Hello everybody,
The second stop of the French Championship was in Brest on the weekend of 18-20th of May.
After 3 days of hard and very gusty conditions because of the wind direction 2 races were completed. Indeed, the race committee worked hard to do to run more races and the racers spent many hours on the water everyday, but in the end nothing could be done.
I won the 2 races and I am really happy about it!
However, my problem with the start is not resolved and I needed my good speed and jibes to win races.
This second event victory puts me closer to a second French Champion title, despite that there are 2 more tour stops. But I need to stay focused!
Now, I have a 2 month break which I will use to work on my weak points in order to be ready for the next stop of the World Cup which will be in Turkey in August.
See you soon,
Delphine Cousin
FRA-775
Thanks to my partners Neilpryde, JP Australia, NP, Garage La DIV, Jeewin, Yacht Club Carnac, la ville de Carnac et le CDV 56 Delphine
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Quite often when we are learning moves we come unstuck at the same point in all of them. Finally mastering one element is good news as, if that one skill’s sorted, then the door’s open for a whole host of moves to come together.
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Ask yourself the question ‘on which point of sailing do you have the most power in the rig?’ The answer is a broad reach. However what about when we are clew first? And the answer here is that it’s the opposite! The closer to the wind we are clew first, the more pressure is in the clew and if we release the rig the result normally ends in a crash.
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So it’s not just how you flip the rig it’s when. Stay off the wind for a no pressure rig rotation.
The more you practice this, the better your rig rotations will become and that should mean that your success rate with moves increases dramatically.
Until next time, happy flipping!
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