Nacra North Americans here we come!!!

This has been quite the week for me! Working all day Monday and Tuesday packing up all the boats and etc. at the junior sailing program that I headed this summer. Wednesday was spent moving out of my apartment (i'm moving back to CT for a little bit) and finishing up Thursday then driving home to CT. I was so busy I had to skip the last night of team racing V15s Tuesday night and PHRF racing Wednesday night! Friday (today) was spent working on the boat from 9AM-9PM and running a few errands for parts and etc.But the good news is that this hectic week is all over and tomorrow morning at 6AM we are leaving for Caseville, MI for the Nacra North American Championships where we will be competeting in the Nacra 20 class. My crew for this event is Sean McQuilken, who I have sailed with quite a bit and work well with. It's a 13ish hour drive to Caseville so we'll be arriving tomorrow (Saturday) night. Since I got all the boat work out of the way today we are planning on practicing all day on Sunday. Racing takes place Monday through Thursday. This is my first Nacra North Americans so we are shooting for a modest goal of being competitive by being consistent and sailing smart.Stay tuned for updates.... i'll be trying to update this blog daily. If you have any questions about whats going on shoot me an email at Todd.Riccardi@gmail.com and i'll get back to you asap.Since this is the first time i've released this blog address to the public I wanted to make you all aware that we do have a team name in the works to replace "Nacra 20 #642 sailing campaign" but it is staying top secret until our Tybee plans are firmed up for next year.