G'day mothies, mothettes and other various persons. I hear you all saying "Oh no, not another moth blog"... hence the name.
After selling Renegade to Tim Sampson from Brisbane, I've decided to shut down my old blog (Hepialidae) and move on with life a bit. I'll be back in moths on and off until such a time as I can no longer do it, but for the time being I can't really justify hanging on to a boat long term, with the Navy basically owning me for the next 5 years as of Feb 2010. The plan at the moment is to get another boat for the Perth nationals and to study up, train up and play the sailing rockstar game between now and then.
So, what does a mothie do between moths? Well... seems that a lot of us are really closet extreme sports enthusiasts, and really I'm not too different. So, I've decided a regiment of weights, running, rock climbing, swimming and a bit of cross country and downhill mountain biking should work OK for a training regiment. So, the plan (which is always open to change) is as follows:
1) Join a Gym. Done.
2) Get a good bike. Done. Managed to pick up a pretty sweet deal on an '08 KONA Shred Hardtail this morning, after taking a look around the local bike dealers and some 2nd hand sites and decided it's worth just going new(ish). Spent 2 hours breaking her in nice and gentle this arvo over at the Silverdome dirt tracks. :) Discovered one thing already though - Pedalbite's a bitch! :P
3) Go to the Gym at least 3 times a week after uni. Combination of Aerobic/Anaerobic work and some weights to improve core, leg and arm strength as well as general endurance.
4) Sail as often as uni and other work permits - next planned regatta is to borrow an NS14 and do the Tassie states at Port Dalrymple over the March long weekend. Try not to get tactically rusty. If I can pull a couple of good results between now and nationals, it's all a bonus. For the time being, it's all about fun over sheepstations.
5) Order a new moth. On this point, there's already things happening, but for now I'm keeping the plans under wraps. Will say one thing though - it's very exciting so far and I'm stoked to be involved in the project. The boat has been ordered and a deposit is being paid shortly, the ETA is mid/late August in time for some pre-season foil testing and training. Those who know me know a bit more about what's going on...
Well guys, until next time. Peace.
Emo
