In the modern times of coronavirus with a constantly changing international situation affecting people’s travel and cancelling long-held plans, one thing still rings true, An athletes desire to compete and put their skills to the...
By Aston Smith After making the US National Team this year I got an invitation to sail in my first international opti regatta; the British Nationals in Pwllheli, Wales. Having never sailed that far north...
Whether you SUP, Windsurf, Sail, Swim, Scuba or even if you’ve not tried any of them before, the National Watersports Festival catered for everyone. It saw a healthy amount of capsizing, jumping in the lake, backflipping in...
Although the Olympic Centre at Weymouth can be a great venue to sail in Weymouth Bay, most of the Championships I have raced there, have been mostly been sailed inside the Harbour. This was true of...
After a fantastic summer racing the Laser 4.7 fleet in the UK and overseas, following this year’s Laser 4.7 Nationals in Abersoch it was time step up and into the Radial. In theory it should...
Six days of racing lay ahead of us for the 420 Junior Europeans 2017. Gemma and I had trained with our team for four days prior to the event, each day of our training we...
Last month I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent Great Britain at the European Para Youth Games held in Genoa, Italy. There were over 600 Para Athletes from 26 countries competing in...
The first Topper National Series of 2017-18 took place in Poole Harbour on a sunny Saturday morning, hanging around with my friends and my brother Ollie. After an hour postponement, due to light wind, we...
After unknowingly being given the nickname ‘Pocket-Rocket’, published on both the main event web page and in Yachts and Yachting, which I only found out about the day before the event, I now had to...
The next day was the calm after the storm with light winds, paddling and blue skies all day as I meandered my way around the jaw dropping scenery of Skye. As I passed under the...