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I made it out to Dubai on Saturday to start my final preparations for the worlds. Things haven’t been as productive as I’d hoped so far. First the plane was delayed by a couple of hours while they tracked down a water leak. It took most of Saturday to get the boat together and do a few last tweaks. The wind was blowing off the desert so it was very hot before a thunderstorm arrived that night. Apparently it only rains about 4 times a year here and it’s forecast to rain again tonight!

Unfortunately today I’ve come down with food poisoning or heatstroke or something. The result being I decided after vomiting a couple of time to not to go for a sail, when the light breeze finally arrived, and make sure I fully recover for the event. Hopefully this won’t be a repeat of Garda and I’ll get this well out the way before the start of the event.

It looks like tomorrow could be too light to sail and Tuesday too windy. Hopefully not as it would be a shame to be here for four days without getting on the water.