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The first year of an Olympic campaign in the women’s 49erFX skiff event is mastering boat handling skills, and progress does not occur without setbacks. Lucy Wilmot and Erika Reineke, who are working toward Paris 2024, share the pain of improvement: Training in Fort Lauderdale this past month brought a whirlwind of chaos. However, preparation and thinking quick on our feet gave us the opportunity to maximize each day to the fullest.
We started off March testing our boathandling skills in short course racing. The pressure was on to execute maneuvers we had been working to perfect since last October. With no obvious pattern to the waves, each tack, gybe, set and dowse was slightly different from last. Heart rates were high as we found ourselves constantly adjusting timing and weight placement through each maneuver. The margin for error was high and having fluidity in our boathandling was the only way to constantly hit the averages…
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