If you’ve ever sailed on an upscale boat, you probably noticed the solid sailboat rigging. And it HAS to be solid. Because your life depends on the reliability of all the parts. Especially when the weather gets an attitude and squalls at you.
I thought about sailboat rigging as I read about The Ocean Race.
It sounds grueling to me. And I can’t imagine volunteering to be a part of this kind of race. I mean, check out this schedule. It reads more like a college hazing trip:
Alicante, Spain – Leg 1 (1900 nm) start: January 15, 2023
Cabo Verde – ETA: January 22; Leg 2 (4600 nm) start: January 25
Cape Town, South Africa – ETA: February 9; Leg 3 (12750 nm) start: February 26
Itajaí, Brazil – ETA: April 1; Leg 4 (5500 nm) start: April 23
Newport, RI, USA – ETA: May 10; Leg 5 (3500 nm) start: May 21
Aarhus, Denmark – ETA: May 30; Leg 6 (800 nm) start: June 8
Kiel, Germany (Fly-By) – June 9
The Hague, The Netherlands – ETA: June 11; Leg 7 (2200 nm) start: June 15
Genova, Italy – The Grand Finale – ETA: June 25, 2023; Final In-Port Race: July 1, 2023
The article I read talked about the weather the racers faced as they sailed off the coast of Rhode Island. Does this quote sound like fun to you?
“We are going into a small low pressure, with very strong wind, probably around 50 knots at one stage. Not for very long, but quite extreme,” is the view of Nico Lunven on Team Malizia. “The sea state should not be too bad, I think, because it’s a new system so it shouldn’t have had time to develop.”
OK. Sounds tough. But Nico didn’t seem worried.
But a little further into the story the “forecast has evolved.” Yeah, that’s putting it mildly.
“The low pressure is deeper and stronger than previously forecast,” was the description given by Alan Roberts on Biotherm. “There’s possibly 50 knots, gusting even higher, to the south of the low. The optimal route takes us that way but in terms of boat preservation it’s not ideal. We have to decide whether to keep heading north towards it, or to tack and invest in the west in order to pass a bit further south of the low. It’s not easy.”
Yikes! None of those options sounds appealing to me. But I bet the sailors had enough confidence in their abilities, and their sailboat rigging, to power through.
And that’s what I want my clients and students to have. I want YOU to have confidence in your abilities AND your tools to be able to power through. To keep your Vision in front of you at all times.
So, that’s why the very first lessons in RondaReady YOUniversity are designed to help you discover your Vision. And they can help you focus your energy in the direction you’d actually like to go. With strategies to help you know how to get there. Because, like sailboat rigging, they’ve been tested. And they’re solid.
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