Last weeks we spend the weekends training in Scheveningen. After a busy racing schedule and some cancellations this was the first time we did some serious training in 2007. Two weeks ago we trained our downwind approaches to the gate marks. Last week Maurice Paardenkoper, the Dutch Olympic coach, trained us on Saturday. He was quite satisfied with our boat-handling and trim, but pointed out we should be more focused on boat speed, especially before and after rounding the marks.

This weekend we will go training again to prepare for the North Sea Regatta. We will compete in the inshore races of the North Sea Regatta from Saturday the 26th until Monday the 28th of May.