Jesse and Zander Kirkland believe their preparations and third party feedback will be enough to blow them over the hump and get them a positive result when the ISAF World Cup of sailing starts in France tomorrow.Preparations have been going well since the last race in Palma, Spain, and the pair will look to improve on the 54th place finishing after having spent the past six days with the US Sailing Team and getting systematic with their approach to achieving a fast rig set up.Zander reckons with the training and vital information passed on from other competitors and coaches, they stand in good stead for the racing ahead.“It is a very similar fleet to the ISAF World Cup Event in Palma and is equally talented with most of the world’s best,” said Zander. “Realistically, results wise, we would be thrilled to be closer to mid-fleet, but we are not too focused on the results as we in our developmental stage and are more looking for good individual races/moments and the underlying performance behind our sailing.“The third party feedback is great and we hope to work with these guys as much as they want us around.With the windy forecast that will include waves, the brothers should do well in their quest to achieving their set goals.The conditions could be similar to those they will face at the Olympic Qualifier and World Championships in Australia in December.“We have had some good training here in Hyeres over the past six days, with largely a soft thermal in the afternoon,” Zander said.“It is typical high pressure has dominated the Mediterranean and given us plenty of time to play with our boat set up in these conditions and to work on starting techniques - to help ensure we are maximizing our acceleration off the line and holding our lane at will.“These practices have been extra productive because we have been able to tag along with the US Sailing Team and be involved with animated debriefs from each session.“This has been great and is helping us close the boat speed gap with the top of the class.”