Welcome to Ireland

By Doug

After my brother’s fantasticwin last week, the pressure is on me to do well at this year’s Laser Master Worlds. I arrived in Dublin and had breakfast with my old buddy, Chris Henkel, who is competing in his first Worlds. There are few things as much fun as meeting friends from different parts of the world to share stories and, of course, compete.

I’m staying with Victor and his family for a few days until Pam arrives and then after the racing we’ll do a little touring. One famous stop is of course kissing the BlarneyStone which is said to bestow the gift of eloquence. You’ll see that Victor has clearly kissed the stone when he answered my simple question about what Pam and I should look forward to.