Dean Brenner, outgoing chairman of US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee.

In all of my interviews with Dean Brenner, chairman of U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee, I’ve been amazed at his ability to hold a consistent temperament. He has been positive, but never over the top. He has always expected great things of his sailors, he’s not afraid to call it like it is, but he has been unfailingly supportive. Like a proud father who can some how emotionally detach himself from his children’s performance. Were he an actor, everyone would laud him for never breaking character. And that's not to say he was forcing it. 

What’s On Tap For Today:

49ers: Medal race, starting at 1300, on the Nothe Course

Women’s 470: Races 9 and 10 on the Portland Harbour course, starting at noon.

Women’s Match Racing: Second day of the quarterfinals, on the Nothe Course, starting no earlier than 1400

Men’s 470 have the day off before their medal race on Thursday

The RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, and Star classes have all finished their regattas.

The Olympic regatta is dwindling quickly. Two more medal races today means there are only six fleets still racing. Tom Slingsby, of Australia, got redemption from four years ago when he went into the Olympics as the reigning Laser world champ and went home 22nd. He did what he had to do, held back Pavlos Kontides, of Cyprus, enough to ensure he couldn’t pass him in the overall standings. Kontides still got the first-ever Olympic medal for Cyprus. And at just 22, there’s probably more hardware down the road for this small island nation.