Dear Wouter went swimming 6 times on the third day of the 2007 GC in only 2 races !

The only glory I can lay claim to that day is that I righted my boat singlehanded and unaided all times and finally sailed it back to safety without any help (or crew). Boy was I beat ! Muscles trembling ! And yep it was blowing dogs off chains then as well and I did pull the kite in all. Actually I never flipped in teh kite manouvres but always later on when tripping over a wave.

But going swimming is not the point. Just as with rodeo, the true character is to be found in finding the strength to get back on that horse and continue. Once the skills has been mastered you have got alot of fall-downs to further glorify the achievement !

Wouter