New Zealand Wins Again in America’s Cup Race

Well for this one I can not agree more with what the NYTimes have to say about the 3rd Race in this years Americas Cup. Quote from Bertarelli from the article:

“I do a lot of racing in Lake Geneva, where it’s very flaky, and you do have shifts of 20 to 40 degrees at a time,” Bertarelli said. “I do go to Las Vegas, as well, which I enjoy a lot, but the America’s Cup for me is a different thing than what we had today. I don’t think the race committee should have started the regatta. We waited for two hours and one second before the 5 o’clock time line, we launch a regatta and one minute after the start, we have a 20 degree shift. If Team New Zealand saw right, well good on them.”

“I’m sure for those who are watching, it’s exciting for sure,” he added. “But you know, I think you can go to Las Vegas for that. It’s not exactly what sailing should be, at least at this level. I think this level is about the boat and about the crew. I’m actually more satisfied today than I was on Sunday. That was a race we should have won.”

Whereas the Kiwis have this answer:

“You know we’ve been racing through the Louis Vuitton in conditions a lot worse than that; that’s part of yacht racing,” said Matt Mason, the mastman on Team New Zealand. “That’s the venue here. That’s what Valencia is like on some of these days. You’d lose a lot of days if you didn’t go out and sail in a day like today.”

It is also about the weather call, and Team New Zealand’s afterguard and its team led by Don “Clouds” Badham certainly got it right on the first leg. According to Mason, the mood on board was still far from celebratory.

“You know straight away when you get the lead like that so quickly, it’s probably going to turn their way at some stage,” he said. “Your dream is not going to carry on.”

Dealing with Different Tasks

Our working days consists of many tasks. How do we deal with the different tasks throughout the day?

1. New Tasks
Those are the easiest. Because they are fresh and new and you can put your mind to something new. Baisically you can start when ever you feel like it though I believe it is better to start when _you_ want to start or when you _planned_ to start.

2. "A task that makes you angry"
Those are more difficult to deal with emotionally because obviously something did not work out as planned and you are upset and you want to fix it because you are angry. Fixing something because you are angry is never a good idea. I believe it is best when you approach the emergency Task _after_ it has cooled down, after your emotions have cooled down. Put tasks that make you angry in a short period of time ahead of you. First let you anger cool off.

3. Emergency Tasks
Emergency tasks should never happen. If they do happen then you have to deal with them immediately, instantly. There has to be a will in you not wanting to have "emergency tasks". Never.

4. Decide actively what task you want to do next
Who "decides" how you work? Does the task dictate your working schedule or are you deciding what task you want to deal with next. You have to make your choice actively. If you do not make your choice actively the tasks will dictate your working day.

5. Test in peace
When you have to test if what you did really works do it in peace and use the scheduled time. Do not take shortcuts.