This week of training has been a lot of fun and scary. Herman and I did a down wind run from Durban to Umhloti 22km in 1 hour 14 minutes. The wind was clocked at 50 to 60 Knots and the swell was 40 feet. It was scary but fun. I am writing from my room in Australia, after a 9 hour flight from South Africa. I am here for the world cup ski race in Perth Australia. For the next week I will be doing all my reporting from Perth, Australia.

I will keep you posted on the weather and the build to the races on the 19th and 20th of November.