After an early launch, to get the maximum chance of a race in what was forecast to be at best just a light breeze, the sailors waited afloat for some 3 hours before being sent home with no racing. Such a pity to have lost a 3rd day of racing. Therefore, the results were decided with just 7 races sailed and with 1 discard.
From the AUS contingent, Carolina ended up 66 in the girl's fleet of 101 and Tom ended 64th in the boys fleet of 146. Although our results should and could have been better, we felt that, given the depth of competition and standard thoughout the whole fleet we were not disappointed. One success was the sharing of coaching resources with the NZL team which worked out really well and added greatly to the experience for the AUS sailors, both from the quality of coaching, the off water attention receive from Suzanah and the sense of team spirit.
All that was left was to pack away and attend the closing ceremony after which the kids spent the evening through to the early hours having fun, swapping T-shirts, collecting souvenirs and having a great time with newly found friends.
We all reflected on what was a supurbly oganised regatta, what could have been in the results and how we hope for some better winds the next time.
The next day we were up at 4am for a day's sightseeing in Berlin and to begin the long journey home.
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