Mein lieber Freund William,
more than once did I (and a few others) wish you and your family were with us here in Estonia.
The opening ceremony on Monday was a most impressive celebration of nordic Winter, starting with an evening procession over the ice with flickering flame torches, country signs and country flags.
We walked for about 20 minutes on solid Baltic Sea ice from the competition site (Promenaadi Hotel), to the historic centre of Haapsalu. What a beautiful setting for the opening event event - an open air theatre within 800 year old walls around, providing excellent acoustics.
The first day of racing in light winds produced interesting results due to surface conditions - ice with up to one inch of old frozen snow. The young team from Poland was doing well with their sleds and so did the Skimbat team from Finland with their nordic skates. However, it is snowing today and conditions are changing. The race committee has been doing outstanding work.
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The award for Best Design we can skip this year because there is nothing new.
That?s about it for now...have to run for the skipper's meeting.
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I am so glad that Dominique Robichaud is here. He will present Quebec's offer on Thursday evening at the WISSA meeting.
Give my love and warm thoughts to Kim, Annie and Abigale. We have been thinking and talking about you a lot.
Viele Gruesse,
Klaus
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