Given Dane is ailing, and the stress of being in the thick of the race for the podium, the rest day came at the perfect time. It was also the first day of balmy, yes balmy, weather. In fact, it was an absolutely beautiful day with blue skies, puffy white clouds, and a good thawing temperature.
As far as exciting things to report, the boys watched two movies, slept, had two large meals and a little Irish tea before bed. We did spend a fair amount of time debriefing from the previous three days of sailing. Lessons learned are almost all mental. We discussed early on that the speed, smarts and talent of the top 7-10 teams are most likely going to be very close. That’s turned out to be true, but the teams that demonstrate the most poise when things go wrong tend to gravitate to the top. No easy task, but definitely the area of greatest opportunity for DQ. As the story has played out thus far, they’ve demonstrated the ability to keep coming back; however, they’ve also been in a few situations where they've played it too conservatively and also at times have forced things a bit too much. A little "flow" would go a long way. And hence why we’re here, to learn how to manage these sorts of things as brothers… The Triple Tsukahara of teamwork.
Wishing them good luck for day four racing is all that’s left to do.
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