JENNA GIBSON
The conditions were really, really difficult. I have never sailed in anything like it. The waves were just all over the place from every direction, they were not in orderly lines just bumps and lumps. It was howling windy, the first day was manageable, but the second day was just a big hectic mess. It was hard to gybe and you could not find any predictable wave to gybe on. On the first day I used my 6.2m and the second day I dropped down to 5.4m. I was really powered up in every race. In the last race I fell in at the last mark because when I took my foot out of the strap my board just flew away. I needed every bit of pressure I could muster just to keep the board flat. I used the 121 and 98 Falcon for all the races. It was really good fun in the end and I was glad we had plenty of racing. It felt amazing to win my first ever round of PWA slalom. I was not expecting that at all. I really felt comfortable on the last reach and managed to just beat Delphine to the line. It shows what is possible when you get it right! After that my racing went downhill a little. I was really tired after the first day. On the second day in the first race I was on 6.2m and that was way too big and killed all my energy for the rest of the day. I felt I lacked the fitness I needed so that is what I am going to work on when I get back home.
