It's Tuesday and I'm in Ravenna, Italy with my team from Ottawa - The Ottawa Premier Women Galley Girls. We are preparing to race in the 204 IDBF World Club Crew Championships.
Yesterday, we had a practice scheduled and we got out for about ten minutes before the officials called all of the boats off the water. The course is contained, but still managed to get whitecaps, high winds gusts of 70 km/h, rain and just plain awesome, dirty weather conditions. A few boats tipped and the officials felt it wasn't safe to continue as planned so we returned to our hotel. I managed to sneak in a bit of a run around Ravenna, which was nice to burn off some energy because we have been tapering all week.
I walked around yesterday, had some prosciutto melone and then had tuna steak for dinner. The food here is incredible. Everything is fresh, plentiful and tastes so wonderful :)
This morning, we managed to get a full hour session on the course. The boat is feeling good and responding well, so we will see what happens tomorrow during the first race. It's a 2km race, with boats leaving every fifteen seconds. Right now we are slayed to start in the middle.of the pack, which is good because the water won't be as messy as starting at the end of the bunch - less wash to have to contend with. But, instead of hunting the first crew, we will be the hinted, having crews trying to overtake and pass us.
Here are some pictures of the course - note the massive Canadian flag - just waiting for us ;)
For friends and family at home, our race is at 5pm Europe time, and will (should) be broadcast in IDBF TV.
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