Racing has concluded

The racing has concluded and now many of us head off in various directions for a well earned vacation. Some will depart for mainland China and some for other parts of Southeast Asia.

A summarization of the racing experience would go something like this;

• Great venue


• Super job of organizing by the Macau Organizers


• Wasabi represented the U.S. well earning a bronze medal in the Senior B Womens 2000m.


• The big winners were the German and Australian crews in our racing categories.


• The strongest teams in the premier categories were the Singapore military team, The Pacific Dragons (Australia) and the Chinese teams.

If I compare the racing in Macau this year to Penang 2 years ago I would say that the competition was higher in Macau. In Penang the Canadian teams dominated the event but in Macau the same Canadian teams, although very competitive, were not dominate.

Wasabi earned the right to compete with the highest level of competition in the world. What we learned is that the level of competition is getting higher everytime there is a World Championship and that we, Wasabi, can compete at that level. (There was never a race that we were blown out of except perhaps the GMMixed 2000 meter. The majority of the races we were in the thick of it.) That being said, we will have to continue to elevate our game and continuously think outside the box for new and creative ways to do so.

That is my opinion based on my observations and the workings of a sun-baked nearly heat-stroked mind.

For Laura and I we are off to Thailand. More from PhuKet when we arrive there.