MATTEO IACHINO
In the cold I find it easier to stay focussed in my mind. I am not sure why but it works for me. I feel I get more stressed at warm events. For the body, colder events are more difficult because you need to change wetsuits a lot of times to keep warm somehow. The whole day in a wetsuit is not as easy as it looks from the outside. After testing my equipment I put a different mast on my 5.6m and a different mast on my 7.1m but all the rest stayed exactly the same as the other warmer races. I found some better masts for my setups, on 5.6 a touch stiffer and on 7.1 softer. For some reason my big gear was working much better here. I had exactly the same setup as Costa Brava and it was working amazing. In Costa Brava it was nice but in Denmark I was going very fast. It must have suited the conditions.
I loved the stormy day in Denmark. It was amazing sailing in the strong winds and the fight we had in the first final was awesome. Antoine, Ross, myself and Pierre all arrived to the first mark in the lead all lit up on our smallest gear. It was super close. I love it! It was a proper fight between some very good sailors. It was not dangerous because we all respect each other. It was amazing. That is what we all live for and train for, a big battle in epic slalom conditions. I would love to have it like that every race actually. It is nice to fight with 8.6m and 7.8m but steady 5.6m / 6.2m conditions are the best for racing. The wind was between 25 to 35 knots in the gusts, it was not so windy but really choppy.