Tonight I went sailing. No, tonight I went racing with an all INSEAD crew on a J24 out of the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club. We probably had the crappiest boat of the fleet. We had to drag our outboard engine all the way as there was no system to lift it up completely but the weather conditions were perfect. Our first leg was already a spinnaker leg and we had never sailed all together but we did incredibly well in terms of team work and team spirit.

There was the usual shouting, the usual unclear order ("Help Me" insead of "Release the guy"), the usual bruises, the usual accent confusion (you can take care of the "gybe" now - no, we cannot jybe now, the jib is still up - sorry, I meant, take the jib down now). We all enjoyed our beer at the bar after the race. We do not quite understand the club's handicap system but it looks like we finished second (or first if there was a proper handicap system). Anyway, all in all, it was a lot of fun - and it feels SO good to be on the water again.

Today Singapore

Tomorrow the America's Cup

It is good to dream sometimes...

Now, back to my Power and Politics paper