A year ago today, me and my guitar (and a lot of sailing kit) boarded a plane to Miami. It was not a particularly well-thought-through plan. I had been hoodwinked into the idea by a certain John Bertrand, who had somehow convinced me that a month of training and racing in Florida would be a […]
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore It is scary and exhilarating to launch into an endeavour with so many challenges and unknowns. But the opportunity to pursue the dream that I have had since I was a child is too great to pass up, and […]
I have just battled my way through what will be my last international sailing event for some time. It was really difficult mentally to race knowing that it was my final regatta before taking a break due to lack of funding. On the plane home from Abu Dhabi, I was reflecting on what international sailing […]
I am flying to Abu Dhabi this evening for the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Cup Final, and I am so excited to get racing again! I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural World Cup Final last year, and it was an awesome experience – the venue is incredible and with only the top […]
I am writing this from a UK-bound Air China plane 36,000 feet above Mongolia (to be precise my little screen informs me we are going past Ulaangom) having just managed to negotiate the seaweed concoction that was served for dinner (I am not particularly averse to seaweed in itself, but combined with an especially nasty […]
Writing an update is much more fun than trying to sort out a Chinese visa, so here we go..! First stop since the last update was Aarhus, Denmark for the Europeans. Turns out that when you are driving from Calais, Denmark is FAR AWAY. It was an adventure. I drove out with fellow Radial sailor, […]
Obviously September has been a very important month for all of us in the Olympic sailing world, with the ISAF World Championships in Santander being the pinnacle of everyone’s season. I finished 16th in Santander in what was predominantly a light wind week, my least favoured conditions. I was really happy with the result. A […]
One week to go until I fly out to Santander for the last time, for the final run in to the World Championships. Yet again it’s been a very busy month, though that seems to be pretty standard at the moment! August started out in Rio with the last few days of training before the Test […]
July has been great! It has been such a productive month of training, starting with a training camp in Santander, Spain, which is the venue for the ISAF Sailing World Championships in September. We have a Laser Radial World Championships every year but the ISAF Worlds only happens once every 4 years – all the […]
Once again I suddenly realise that another month has come to an end and wonder at how quickly time flies by! The beginning of June for me was all about our European Championships out in Split, Croatia. The week of training prior to the Europeans was the best I have had in a long time. […]