• Team Rooster

    And so the story goes on…

    Towards the end of last year I made the decision to sail the 49erFX which is the new Women’s Skiff Class in for Rio 2016. The FX is by far the most exciting class ever to be brought in for Women to sail at the Olympics and I could not resist the opportunity to sail full …   Read More

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    The Never Ending Story

    I thought that the Worlds in Perth was going to be my last Olympic Radial event. However 2 weeks into the new year I was informed that the British Radial trials were going to continue and that I was still eligible for selection. With some much needed financial help from my very generous and supportive …   Read More

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    Till the Worlds end

    At the beginning of December I competed in the Radial World Championships in Perth, Australia. The event was held from Fremantle which is famous for its strong afternoon seabreeze, the Fremantle Doctor. However as is normal at most major championships, the locals were heard to say “the weather is never usually like this”! Day one …   Read More

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    WARNING: Rigging your Laser can be dangerous!

    My training hasn’t really gone to plan over the last month. I mentioned in my last post that I had picked up a cough and cold which I am still suffering the after effects of now! I tried to go training in Weymouth but really struggled to do anything so rested as much as possible …   Read More

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    Well you’d hike harder too if Robert Schiedt was watching!!

    Last week I was in Torbole, a town located at the waters edge of Lake Garda in Italy. I’ve never been to Garda before and I was taken aback by how beautiful it is. Towering steep sided cliff faces on both sides covered in lush green trees with picturesque towns dotted along the shore. It …   Read More

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    How to apply the five D’s of dodgeball to sailing

    After the Europeans I had a some time off from sailing. I had to take a break then because with the Worlds being in December, if I didn’t, then my next opportunity for time off would be Christmas! So the week before the Laser Nationals I got back into my boat to try and remember …   Read More

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    2011 Radial Europeans

    From the 3rd to the 8th June I was in Helsinki, Finland competing in the Radial Women’s European Championships. Finland was surprisingly hot, with temperatures reaching up to 28/29 degrees C while I was there. Maybe the reason it was so hot was due to the fact that the sun never goes down, well apparently it does …   Read More

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    When the world says give up, Hope whispers…give it one more try!

    It’s been a while since my last update. I could put it down to my hectic and busy lifestyle but that would be a lie. The truth is things haven’t been going my way recently and I am finding it incredibly difficult to write anything at all. It’s like I’m in denial and if I …   Read More

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    7 Days In The Sun…

    I had only been back home from Mexico for 5 days before I beated a hasty retreat to a slightly warmer climate than the UK. I spent last week training from Ile des Embiez, an island just off the south coast of France, where there is a training base run by Sail Coach. I was …   Read More

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    Mexico Training Camp

    I have just returned home from a fantastic 2 weeks of training in Mexico. My training partners for the camp were Fatima Reyes (ESP), Nathalie Brugger (SUI), Francesca Clapcich (ITA) and Tania Calles from Mexico who organised the whole training camp! Our trip began with a 4.30am wakeup to catch our flight from Miami to …   Read More

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