Great result and a fabulous days sailing at Royal Dart Yacht Club, Dartmouth. I was part of a team of 3 boats – a Mumm 36, Corby 25 and J109 – which won the South...
This year’s Firefly Nationals at Tenby, sponsored by GJW, Rooster and Hyde, was an epic week of sailing and socials in every condition from force 0-6. Offshore winds all week created shifty and patchy conditions...
This year’s journey to the Topper Worlds started very early on Thursday morning with an overnight ferry crossing from Fishguard to Rosslare and drive to Ballyholme Yacht Club. On arrival a couple of friends asked...
This summer I was really pleased to have been selected to compete as one of ten sailors in the British team for the Topper Irish nationals in Cork. This was the first event I’ve travelled...
For this blog entry I thought I’d quickly go through my pre-Nationals race routine as it’s something I find makes a big difference for keeping me calm and making sure I’ve all the info I want when trying...
It’s been a busy summer so far to say the least. Following on from my week at the i14 Nationals POW (see my blog on that here) I headed to the Morgan Cup team racing...
On the 14th July, we set off for the French Nationals (CIE). As we had to travel from Southern France to Brittany, we stopped off in Bordeaux for a night. In the afternoon of the...
On Tuesday the 19th of July Jamie and I travelled to Santander in Spain to compete in our last ever RS Feva event together, the RS Feva Worlds. As part of the UK Junior Squad,...
Its been a while since I posted about my first club series win, but like many I’ve been spending a lot of time on the water so far this summer! I was asked by a...
[Foreword from David] In the build-up to the Nationals next week, this blog post comes from Sophie, who started sailing with me a few months ago following a chance encounter at Grafham Water and the...