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        <title>Blog de Sophie</title>
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        <description>Laser Radial sailor - going for Gold London 2012</description>
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            <title>Hourtin, nationals</title>
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            <author>nobody@vox.com(Sophie de TURCKHEIM)</author>
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            <description>    &lt;p&gt;Hi !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I spent more than a week in Maubuisson and then Hourtin for a training camp followed by the national. We trained in Maubuisson, south of the lake in light winds, with a big fleet of talented youth sailors .. - Damned, i feel soo old now !! -&amp;#160; .. Then we moved from Maubuisson to Hourtin (north of the lake) for the regatta. &lt;br /&gt;We took one day off to bike around the lake, 70kms which was good !&lt;br /&gt;Concerning the regatta, we were supposed to have a 4 days event .. but the forecast decided something else. We had 0 knot for the first 3 days, not even a gust, nothing, glassy .. amazing ! So we spent all of our afternoon at the ocean, surfing, running and playing rakets on the beach .. Then the last day, we had to complete 4 races to valid the regatta which means that the comittee sent us out on the water at 7.30am !! Ah ah ah .. That&amp;#39;s no joke. It was still dark, and windy too .. We had 4 races. I finished 6th overall with the boys. I did some mistakes on my downwind&amp;#39;s tactics, and i also got pushed in the pin-end boat at the start of the last race. I stayed there, stucked in the pin boat for 3 minuts, with my boat getting smashed by others !! Great !&lt;br /&gt;After an all night driving in the stormy rain, i am having some days off before some more training between St Raphael and Antibes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next event will be Las Palmas, Gran Canaria beginning of December.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Til then,&lt;br /&gt;Soph&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonsoir !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;J&amp;#39;ai passe une dizaine de jours entre Maubuisson et Hourtin. D&amp;#39;abord en stage a Maubuisson avec une belle flotte de jeunes voileux talentueux. Mon Dieu, je commence a me sentir vieille au milieu de tous ces jeunes ! Et puis ensuite, nous sommes montes + au nord du lac, a Hourtin, pour le national. On a pris un jour pour faire du velo. On a fait 70 km autour du lac.&lt;br /&gt;Pour en revenir a la regate, on etait cense avoir 4 jours de compet, mais la meteo en a decide autrement. Les 3 premiers jours, il y a eu 0 noeud. Pas meme une petite risee, rien, quedalle, lac d&amp;#39;huile ! Hallucinant. On a donc passe nos apres midi a l&amp;#39;ocean, a surfer, courir et faire des raquettes. Le dernier jour, le comite devait donc faire 4 manches pour valider la regate. Il nous a donc envoye a l&amp;#39;eau a 7h30 du mat&amp;#39;. Il faisait encore nuit, et il y avait du vent. On a fait nos 4 manches, je finis 6eme au general. Pas genial, mais j&amp;#39;ai fait des erreurs tactiquement au vent arriere, et puis je me suis aussi fait envoyer dans le viseur sur le depart de la derniere manche. Je suis restee scotchee au viseur pendant 3 minutes a taper dans tous les sens. D&amp;#39;autres bateaux me rentraient dedans, genial !!&lt;br /&gt;Apres un retour long en camion (toute la nuit), j&amp;#39;ai quelques jours de repos avant de reprendre les entrainements entre St Raph et Antibes pour les prochaines semaines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La prochaine regate sera aux Canaries, a Las Palmas, debut Decembre.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;En attendant, a +&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <author>nobody@vox.com(Sophie de TURCKHEIM)</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:09:08 +0200</pubDate>         
            
            <description>    &lt;p&gt;Hi !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We had a training camp in Brest for a few days. It was very interesting sailing (especially for the tactic) for me as most of the boats were Standards. We had a lot of tight situations, and i had to anticipate to find the good spot to be ... the boys are sailing a little bit faster, so it made it difficult for the few Radials (4 of us) but i liked it.&lt;br /&gt;We had very good weather (no rain, and some blue sky at times which is not very commun at this time of the year in Brest) and little breeze everyday. Not much but just enough to sail, train and race !&lt;br /&gt;I would like to thank Brest sailing center who warmely welcomed us, and also Lionel and Rene for their coaching.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next is Hourtin for the national with a training camp before that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speak later, &lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bonjour !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nous etions sur Brest pour quelques jours pour un stage. C&amp;#39;etait tres interessant pour moi sur le plan tactique car la plupart des bateaux etaient des Standards. Nous avons eu beaucoup de situations de contact, tres serrees ou il fallait anticiper les placements par rapport aux adversaires et les mouvements de flotte. Les garcons en Standards avancent un peu + vite que nous donc ca rend la chose un peu + compliquee pour nous les Radials. Mais j&amp;#39;ai reussi a faire de bons coups et j&amp;#39;ai bien aime !&lt;br /&gt;En +, on a eu du beau temps (pas gagne a Brest a cette periode) et une petite brise tous les jours. Pas enorme mais juste ce qu&amp;#39;il faut pour naviguer et s&amp;#39;entrainer.&lt;br /&gt;Je voudrais remercier le pole de Brest pour nous avoir accueillis pendant ces quelques jours, ainsi que Lionel et Rene pour l&amp;#39;entrainement qu&amp;#39;ils ont mis en place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La prochaine etape est Hourtin pour le national, avec un stage avant la regate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A bientot,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <title>Les Voiles de Saint Tropez !</title>
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Hey !&lt;br /&gt;For the 1st time, i had the chance to sail in &amp;quot;Les Voiles de Saint Tropez&amp;quot;, one of the biggest event for the old boats, and also for the Wally and all the big modern yachts ! I was sailing with a very nice crew on an old wooden boat called Isis. Jerome the physio was onboard too. We have had mostly light winds, blowing up a bit each afternoon which made the races exciting ! We were racing in the bay of Saint Tropez. &lt;br /&gt;I will put pictures to show you how big and nice were the boats around !! It was a magnificient show on the water !&lt;br /&gt;Now i am back into my physical training, before heading to Brest next week for the Navy.&lt;br /&gt;My training in the radial will start after that.&lt;br /&gt;Til then ...&lt;br /&gt;Soph :)&lt;/p&gt;
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour !&lt;br /&gt;Pour la 1ere fois, j&amp;#39;ai eu l&amp;#39;occasion de regater aux Voiles de St Tropez, l&amp;#39;une des + grosses regates pour les vieux greements ainsi que pour d&amp;#39;extraordinaires voiliers modernes tels les Wally (de toutes tailles). Pour ma part, je naviguais sur un vieux greement appele Isis. Jerome le kine de l&amp;#39;Equipe etait a bord aussi. Nous avons eu majoritairement du petit temps, et la brise se levait a chaque fois dans l&amp;#39;apres midi ! Les parcours etaient dans la baie de St Trop ! &lt;br /&gt;Je vais mettre des photos en ligne pour vous donner un petit gout du spectacle sur l&amp;#39;eau. Les anciens bateaux etaient magnifiques !&lt;br /&gt;Maintenant, je reprends la prepa physique, avant d&amp;#39;aller sur Brest la semaine prochaine pour l&amp;#39;Armee.&lt;br /&gt;Les entrainements sur l&amp;#39;eau en radial commenceront apres l&amp;#39;Armee.&lt;br /&gt;A la prochaine,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie :)&lt;/p&gt;
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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            <description>    &lt;p&gt;Hey !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have been in Weymouth for a week and a half now. We arrived here a bit earlier to do some training and the regatta started 3 days ago. I have had 2 first good days. I am lying 2nd overall behind Sari from Finland. Today the races have been cancelled due to strong winds. But weirdly the 49ers are racing and not the Lasers ... strange !&lt;br /&gt;We have 3 more days of racing, 2 normal days and Saturday is for the medal race !&lt;br /&gt;I haven&amp;#39;t done much laser sailing since the Worlds (more than a month ago) so i felt a bit rusty in my boat the last 2 days. Rounding marks, hiking in a 1h10 race ... he he .. not easy ! But i feel i improve a bit race after race.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday i capsized twice though, the wind was very strong at times, big big gusts !! I capsized on the last reach of the 1st race 2 boat&amp;#39;s length before the finishing line !!! It was a nice present for Marit from Holland who passed me easy !! This is one mistake among the others .. ah ah ah ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Til next time,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bonjour,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Je suis a Weymouth depuis 1 semaine et demi. Nous sommes arrives ici un peu avant pour s&amp;#39;entrainer sur le site. La regate a debute lundi. J&amp;#39;ai eu 2 premiers jours corrects puisque je suis 2eme au general ce soir. Derriere Sari la finlandaise. Par contre aujourd&amp;#39;hui ca a ete annule car le vent est trop fort .. Ceci dit, les 49ers sont dehors en train de faire des manches et pas nous les Lasers ... un peu etrange !!&lt;br /&gt;On a encore 3 jours de regate, 2 jours normaux et samedi prevu pour la medal race.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Depuis le mondial au Japon (y a plus d&amp;#39;un mois), je n&amp;#39;ai quasi pas navigue en Laser donc la je me sentais un peu &amp;quot;rouillee&amp;quot; sur mon bateau. L&amp;#39;enroulement des marques, faire du rappel pendant 1h10 par manche ... bref .. pas facile. Mais je sens que je retrouve mes marques petit a petit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hier j&amp;#39;ai quand meme chavire 2 fois. Il y avait vraiment fort comme vent par moments. J&amp;#39;ai notamment chavire a 2 longueurs de la ligne d&amp;#39;arrivee, laissant une belle chance a la hollandaise Marit de me doubler ! J;etais en tete ... mais une grosse risee m&amp;#39;a retournee le bateau .... lol .. voila une des mes &amp;quot;conneries&amp;quot; d&amp;#39;hier ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A bientot,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey ! &lt;br /&gt;Our team finished 3rd at the military world sailing championship. We were leading the fleet before the last 3 races so we are a bit disappointed with the final result, but we could have lost a spot on the podium too, so we are glad to bring back bronze from Poland. Wind was light and shifty on the last day. We didnt have a lot of luck either ... Well done to Ukraine for taking the world title, and to Turkey who got silver.&lt;br /&gt;Next military sailing world champs will be held in Barhein in March 2010 (in the match race).&lt;br /&gt;I am now staying a week at home, picking up my boats in Marseille, etc .. before heading to Weymouth south of England next weekend. Training camp and then Sail for Gold regatta.&lt;br /&gt;Til next time,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;/p&gt;
    
    
    
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;Notre equipage a finalement termine 3eme du championnat du monde militaire. On etait en tete avant le dernier jour, on est forcement un peu decu du resultat final, mais on aurait pu perdre beaucoup + et ne pas avoir de medaille. Donc revenir de Pologne avec le bronze est tout de meme une satisfaction. Le dernier jour, on a eu du petit temps, tres oscillant et aleatoire. On n&amp;#39;a pas eu beaucoup de reussite non plus, ... &lt;br /&gt;Felicitations aux equipages ukrainiens et turcs pour avoir remporte respectivement l&amp;#39;Or et l&amp;#39;Argent.&lt;br /&gt;Le prochain championnat du monde militaire sera au Barhein en mars prochain (et en match race).&lt;br /&gt;Je suis de retour pour une semaine chez moi, je dois aller recuperer du materiel a Marseille et m&amp;#39;organiser pour Weymouth. Je repars le weekend prochain. Stage d&amp;#39;entrainement puis la Sail for Gold regatta.&lt;br /&gt;A la prochaine,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <description>    &lt;p&gt;Hi !&lt;br /&gt;After Japan, i had a 10 days holidays in Croatia and Greece. That was good to relax a bit after all the events i have competed in June and July. Now, i am in Poland for the military world champs. We sail on strange boats called Omega but its good fun. Billy Besson and Nicolas Pauchet are sailing with me. &lt;br /&gt;Today is the last day and we are currently leading the fleet, but points are really closed. Ukraine is 2nd 1 point behind us, and equal with the Turkish team. The Brasilians are also not far from the podium so the next 3 races are going to be exciting. But right now, we are all on shore, waiting for the wind ... &lt;br /&gt;I will be back home on Saturday for a week, and then i will head to Weymouth, England, for a training camp which will be follow by the world cup event regatta Sail for Gold.&lt;br /&gt;Til next time,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div at:enclosure=&quot;asset&quot; at:xid=&quot;6a00f48cffa3b9000101101808e8f2860e 6a00f48cffa3b900010110168d72d5860c&quot; at:format=&quot;strip-vertical&quot; at:align=&quot;left&quot; class=&quot;enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-strip enclosure-strip-vertical&quot;  style=&quot;text-align: center; float: left;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bonjour,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis en Pologne en ce moment pour le chpt du monde militaire. Apres le chpt du monde au Japon, j&amp;#39;ai pris 10 jours de vacances en Croatie et en Grece. C&amp;#39;etait au top.&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd hui, c&amp;#39;est le dernier jour de regate au mondial militaire. On mene la flotte, mais les points sont hyper serres. Les Ukrainiens sont 1 point derriere, et ils sont exaequo avec les Turcs. Les Bresiliens ne sont pas loin non plus du podium. Donc la journee d&amp;#39;aujourd&amp;#39;hui (3 manches au programme) promet de belles choses. Mais pour le moment on attend tous a terre que le vent veuille bien rentrer. C&amp;#39;est glassy en ce moment. &lt;br /&gt;Je fais equipage ici avec Billy Besson et Nicolas Pauchet. On s&amp;#39;amuse bien et je crois que ca nous permet de naviguer sereinement et de decouvrir ce drole de bateau qu&amp;#39;est l&amp;#39;Omega ... cf photos, ca ressemble un peu a un bateau de plage .. lol &lt;br /&gt;Je rentre apres cette epreuve chez moi pour 1 semaine avant de repartir pour l&amp;#39;Angleterre pour un stage d&amp;#39;entrainement, puis la World Cup Sail for Gold a Weymouth sur le prochain site des J.O de 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A bientot, Sophie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey everyone !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am updating a bit late, sorry ! &lt;br /&gt;But i have very good news : i won the Silver medal at the world champs in Japan. The final day was very exciting. I was 4th on equal points with the chinese girl Lija Xu coming into the last day. Anna Tunnicliffe 2008 Olympic champion from USA was 2nd, 6 points ahead of us. Sari Multala from Finland was leading with a nice margin. We still had 2 more races to sail on the last day. The wind was like the previous days. &lt;br /&gt;So I just told myself i had to do the same as the other days, and in the end i would see how things would end up. &lt;br /&gt;I was pretty much relax because i had nothing to loose. My target was to be top 10 before entering the regatta, so my goal was already accomplished. I just wanted to have fun on that last day. &lt;br /&gt;I had an awesome day, having a 2nd and a 3rd. Anna didnt have a very good 1st race (around 15 i think), neither the chinese did. Overall, i moved up to 2nd place ... Silver Medal is pretty nice !! I am very pleased with this result. &lt;br /&gt;Well done to Sari who is the new World Champion, and Anna who is bronze medallist. We have had a tough but fair racing through out the week ! It was great !&lt;/p&gt;
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now, Its time for holidays. Going to Croatia and Greece with friends !&lt;br /&gt;My next event will be the Military World Championship in Poland end of August. And then i will be back on my Radial for the World Cup in Weymouth mid of September.&lt;br /&gt;Til next time,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie :-D&lt;/p&gt;
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;http://www.franceolympique.com/art/783-lactualite_de_lequipe_de_france_olympique_en_bref(03/08/2009).html&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bonjour !!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La mise a jour est un peu tardive, je m&amp;#39;en excuse .. mais j&amp;#39;ai une super bonne nouvelle : je suis vice championne du Monde de laser Radial. J&amp;#39;ai remporte la medaille d&amp;#39;Argent au Japon il y a 3 jours de ca. &lt;br /&gt;Le dernier jour a ete excitant. Avant d&amp;#39;aller sur l&amp;#39;eau, j&amp;#39;etais 4eme exaequo avec la chinoise Lija Xu 3eme, Anna Tunnicliffe l&amp;#39;americaine championne olympique a Pekin etait 2eme a 6 points devant nous, et Sari Multala la finlandaise etait en tete avec un peu d&amp;#39;avance.&lt;br /&gt;On avait encore 2 manches a courir et le vent etait a peu pres comme les jours precedents : de la brise et de la houle traversiere. Je me suis dit qu&amp;#39;il fallait juste que je fasse comme les autres jours, j&amp;#39;avais la vitesse .. et qu&amp;#39;au final on verrait ce qu&amp;#39;il se passerait. J&amp;#39;etais plutot relax car je n&amp;#39;avais rien a perdre, etant au pied du podium. Mon objectif avant de venir au Japon etait de faire un top 10, donc j&amp;#39;avais deja reussi ma regate. Je voulais m&amp;#39;amuser pour ce dernier jour, comme je l&amp;#39;ai fait les jours precedents. &lt;br /&gt;Et puis j&amp;#39;ai realise une excellente journee puisque je termine 2eme et 3eme. Anna ne fait pas tres bien a la 1ere manche (autour des 15) et la chinoise idem. Je suis ainsi montee sur la 2eme marche du podium ! La medaille d&amp;#39;Argent .. c&amp;#39;est top ! Je suis super fiere de ce resultat. Bravo aussi a Sari qui est la nouvelle championne du Monde et a Anna qui a remporte le bronze. On s&amp;#39;est toutes bien battues, dans un bon etat d&amp;#39;esprit.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maintenant il est temps de prendre un peu des vacances apres l&amp;#39;enchainement de toutes ces regates.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;Je pars en Croatie puis en Grece avec des copines.&lt;br /&gt;Ma prochaine epreuve sera le championnat du Monde militaire en Pologne fin Aout, puis mi Septembre l&amp;#39;epreuve de la World cup a Weymouth en Angleterre sur le futur site des Jeux Olympiques de Londres 2012.&lt;br /&gt;A une prochaine,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie :-D&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <description>    &lt;p&gt;hey !&lt;br /&gt;today 2 more races. same wind, a bit less swell, and good breeze (a bit less than yesterday but still) .. i had a 5th and 11th. i moved up to 3rd overall which is not too bad ! &lt;br /&gt;in the 1st race, i had a shit start, far away from the committee boat. but i managed to catch up all along the race. so i was glad with that. though, i am a bit disappointed with my 2nd race. i had a great start, tacked off to the right side quite quickly, so it was looking good. but then i didnt go enough to the right side of the beat. the boats who did passed me. i was around 10-12 at the 1st mark and didnt really catch up. &lt;br /&gt;we have 2 more days of finals .. exciting ! i am ready to give my best on these next 4 races. i have nothing to loose, i just want to have fun and enjoy the races !!!&lt;br /&gt;speak to you tomorrow, with good news again !!!!&lt;br /&gt;sophie&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <description>    &lt;p&gt;Hey !&lt;br /&gt;2 races for the last day of the qualifying series .. and i had 2 wins !! yeaaaah !! Thats great !&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow the finals start, the fleet is split into 2 groups : Gold and Silver.&lt;br /&gt;Tonight i am lying 4th overall. Points are really closed. So the racing in the Gold fleet is gonna be interesting i guess ... it will go faster, the fleet will be more compact ... Looking forward to it !&lt;br /&gt;I will give my best and enjoy the next races !!! &lt;br /&gt;Next update tomorrow, until then, good night !&lt;br /&gt;Sophie :)&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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