Trip out to Braassemermeer, Netherlands
Long drive out. Got the ferry from Dover to Dunkirk. Played many games of cards to pass the time, which I always love! Apart from the...
Spring Championships, Poole Harbour- Day 2
Went to the club for my usual amazing breaky. Soon, the flags went up in the rain. No racing was to be done today. That was the end of...
Spring Championships, Poole Harbour- Day 1
Got changed, rigged and ready to go for 9 and had the main briefing at 9:30. Had my usual bacon sandwich. Around a 45 minute postponement...
Night before Spring Championships
Wow! What a forecast for the weekend! On windguru, it has predicted that it will average around 20-30 knots and gusting 30-35. It’s gonna...
Joint Squads, Weymouth- Day 2
Good nights sleep and breakfast at the club. Got my sail from the hanger and went up for the briefing. The plan was for racing in the...
Joint Squads, Weymouth- Day 1
Got there early enough for a quick bite to eat before the briefing and mobility started. For the morning, we focused on starting mainly....
National Squad, Datchet Water- Day 3
Again, I had Spaghetti Bolognese for lunch, which was soooo good, and then back out on the water for two boat Team Racing and one long...
National Squad, Datchet Water- Day 2
Saturday. The day of t We sailed in the afternoon doing some starting and racing work. There was about 10-15 knots again. This was...
National Squad, Datchet Water- Day 1
We had an early start! Up at 5am, left at 6 arrived at Datchet around 7.30am. We had the most stunning conditions, 15 of the squad were...
Night before Datchet National Squad
Thank you HCS, for all the support and allowing me to do my National Squad Training on Friday. On the other hand, that’s a full 8 lessons...
Palamos Optimist Trophy Nations Cup 2015, Spain - Day 5
Kicked off with the same routine, plus another one hour’s postponement. The breeze had filled in from the southwest that was not...
Palamos Optimist Trophy Nations Cup 2015, Spain - Day 4
Forecast predicted huge high pressure system coming over us therefore bringing very light winds. It said that it was going to pick up to...
Palamos Optimist Trophy Nations Cup 2015, Spain - Day 3
Same routine as yesterday time wise, BUT got woken up at 6.30am by the carnival preparations. Some of the floats were getting ready and...
Palamos Optimist Trophy Nations Cup 2015, Spain - Day 2
Woke up at 8am for breakfast at 8:10. Had a power breakfast made up of big bowls of porridge, lots of raisins, bananas and plenty of eggy...
Palamos Optimist Trophy Nations Cup 2015, Spain - Day 1
Alarm went off sooooo early…. 4.30am to drive to Gatwick airport to meet our small team of six. In this trip we travelled with our coach...