It’s July 23, 2022, and am in Marseille, France, at the Olympic sailing venue for Paris 2024. My crew, Maggie Shea, and are getting ready for a day of training in our baptism in the Mistral conditions. Only one year ago, we were wide-eyed at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Games, preparing our minds, bodies and equipment to deliver our best performance on the water. It’s crazy to think how fast time has passed, but it’s exciting to realize all the improvements we can make between now and this time in two years. We have two goals for Marseille: Learn the venue on and off the water, and get ready for the 49erFX World Championship in September.
The US Sailing Team has a base at Yachting Club Point Rouge, which allows us to set up camp with the two containers we had in Tokyo donated by Jim Cunningham and the US Etchells class). These containers provide a workshop, debrief room, locker and storage space, refrigerators and, most importantly, shade and air conditioning.
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