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The Working Man's Olympics by Dan Rabin

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Dan Rabin blogs from the 2012 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he was part of the U.S. team in the J/24 class. Read full bio
October 24, 2011

Silver Lining

by Dan Rabin
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© Leandro Spina/US SAILING
Teams from the United States and Brazil battled in the final race for the gold medal in the J/24 class at the 2011 Pan Am Games. Brazil was able to sneak away on a foul and pass one boat to secure the gold.

The Pan Am Games didn't end exactly the way the author wanted, but it was still an incredible experience

I mentioned in my last post that the points were shaping up such that we could see some interesting scenarios, and that was certainly the case. On Thursday, we went after Brazil in the prestart in race 8. Since we had a better drop race than them, we could extend our lead if we forced them into another bad race. We had a great start to windward of them and were able to pin them out to the un-favored side.

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October 21, 2011

Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire

by Dan Rabin
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© Leandro Spina/US SAILING
It looks like champagne sailing, but it's mighty hot on the water at the Pan Am Games. And the pressure in only increasing as the medal race approaches.

An off day gives the U.S. sailors a chance to spend some time in the one place hotter than a J/24 deck on a light downwind run.

We were rewarded with a day off on Thursday because the regatta is on schedule with six races completed. Wednesday was the lightest breeze of the regatta. The puffs were very narrow, making for some challenging racing. With the breeze so light, the heat felt even more extreme. Puerto Vallarta travel tip: no need to bring sailing gear here. If I wore a spray top, I would be unconscious by the leeward gate. We pulled a horizon job the first race and managed a 3rd in the next race.

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October 20, 2011

Team USA Sailors Well Positioned Through Six Races

by Dana Paxton/U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics

The home team heads into the lay day in medal position in five classes.

 

NUEVO VALLARTA, Mexico (October 19, 2011) – Heading into the scheduled “lay day,” Team USA leads in the Lightning and the J/24 classes and stands in medal position in three others through six races of the Pan American Games sailing regatta at the Vallarta Yacht Club. 

In addition to the two leaders, the U.S. stands second in the Snipe and Sunfish classes and third in the RS:X Women’s (Windsurfer) class. 

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October 19, 2011

The Shape I'm (We're) In

by Dan Rabin

Ruminations on cool-down runs and pin trading from steamy Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

We had a nice cross-class dinner after the first day of sailing with the Lightning team and Clay Johnson. I learned that Farrah Hall, the U.S. boardsailor went for a run while waiting for her redress hearing. Boardsailing must be one of the most intense physical activities on the planet, and Farrah goes for a run to cool down! I explained to Jay Lutz that if I ran from our dinner table to the restaurant door I would probably go into cardiac arrest.

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October 19, 2011

U.S. Holds Lead in Three Classes Through Two Days of Sailing

by Dana Paxton/U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics

Team USA is on top in the Snipe, Lightning, and Sunfish classes at the 2011 Pan Am Games

NUEVO VALLARTA, Mexico (October 18, 2011) — Racing in light-wind conditions, Team USA enjoyed a successful day two of the Pan American Games sailing regatta Tuesday at the Vallarta Yacht Club. Through four races, the U.S. holds or shares the lead in three classes — Lightning, Snipe and Sunfish.  [Ed.'s note: Not sure where the error came in but it appears, according to the results, that the U.S. J/24 team is also tied for first, with 7 points. Brazil has 7 points as well.

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October 18, 2011

Rolling Snake Eyes on Day 1

by Dan Rabin
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© Courtesy US SAILING/Dan Rabin
Dan Rabin (on the bow) and the rest of Team USA take one of their two wins on Day 1 of the 2011 Pan Am Games Regatta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

A pair of ones is no fun when you're starting a round of craps. But at the front end of a regatta, nothing looks better than the beginning of a picket fence.

To start, I thought I’d share a couple of things I learned from the USA Daily publication we receive every morning. There are over 6,000 athletes competing from 42 countries in the Pan Am Games – 617 from the US. In 11 of the sports, U.S. athletes are competing for a berth in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.  

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October 17, 2011

Christmas, a Hurricane, and Tigers (Oh My!)

by Dan Rabin

Before the Pan Am Games regatta starts, the author is racking up new experiences, including a deluge of free swag, and some big cats in cages.

I thought our rendezvous in Houston for “athlete processing” might turn into an extended stay, given Hurricane Jova’s predicted path and force. By the way, “processing” is athlete speak for Christmas in October. We received an absurd amount of gear from Nike and some additional cool stuff from Atlantis.

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October 13, 2011

U.S. Pan American Team – Sailing Heads to Mexico

by Dana Paxton/U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics

The U.S. team for the 2011 Pan Am Games is chock full of veterans of Olympic and world championship competition.

Portsmouth, R.I. (October 12, 2011) – This week US SAILING’s representatives on the Pan American Games Team head to Mexico to compete in the XVI Pan American Games. The sailing competition will be hosted at the Vallarta Yacht Club in Puerto Vallarta from Oct. 17-23, and will feature nine events, including four Olympic classes - Laser (Men), Laser Radial (Women) and RS:X (Men and Women) - and five non-Olympic, open classes - Hobie 16, J/24, Lightning, Snipe and Sunfish. Sailing is one of 36 sports to be contested from Oct. 14-30 and the 16 U.S.

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October 4, 2011

You Know It's Real When You Have to Pee in the Cup

by Dan Rabin
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© Courtesy Dan Rabin
The U.S. Pan Am Trials for the J/24 class was a tough battle amongst a small, but competitive fleet. Coming out on top was the team of (l to r) Geoff Becker, Dan Rabin, John Mollicone, and Tim Healy. Becker, Rabin, and Mollicone, along with Paul Abdullah, will represent the United States in the J/24 class at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The 2011 Pan Am Games promises to provide J/24 world champion Dan Rabin and his teammates with a number of new experiences. Most of them, hopefully, will be more pleasant than finding the doping police at his front door at 10 p.m. one September evening.

One week from today, hundreds of athletes across the country will assemble in Houston en-route to the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Sailing World is providing me with this forum to share my experience of being part of the U.S. Team as we compete in the J/24 Class in Puerto Vallarta. 

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