Silver Medals at Semaine Olympique France in Hyeres, France — After six days and 16 races, we finished fifth in the medal race and stood in second place on the podium! The 38-boat fleet sailed in a wide range of conditions - a nice change from Palma's week of gnar. Having finished only one race outside of the top ten throughout the 15-race series, we entered the medal race in third place overall. We sat two points behind the Swedes, and seven points in front of the Norwegians. Given the double-point medal race format, we had to beat Sweden head-to-head, finish within four places of Norway, and keep ourselves in the top seven if the Argentinians won the race. As a team, we are working on using the point spread and standings to inform our strategy, and this was a fun race to play the numbers game. We took a lot of lessons away from the week of racing, and we feel like there is still so much to learn about the new equipment, but we are also excited and proud to celebrate this little victory.
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