Well, it's been a while again... Whether I have been too busy rushing around or simply have nothing to talk about I am not quite sure. But nothing like a 9 hour transit in Tokyo to get me writing again! Fair to say that when I started full time work at Ernst & Young late …
A Glimpse of the Old Life
I have just spent the last two weeks in Palma de Mallorca, coaching two young kiwi girls - twins Courtney & Brianna (C&B), sailing in their first European event in my old boat. It was the first time I have really been back around Olympic sailing since Rio, and it was rather eye opening in …
2018. New Year.
Happy to have closed out 2017, it was a rollercoaster year for me, highs and lows and huge amounts of uncertainty and eventually change... I feel now that 2018 is a chance for a new blank page, to start from where I am now and to see what I can build, where I can grow …
Meetings in Mexico…
I have been in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the last week in my role on the Athletes Commission for World Sailing. Which consists of a multitude of very long meetings discussing all sorts of topics of varying usefulness, with about 20% being things that will create some useful change. But I guess this is the …
Dealing with uncertainty
If you had asked me if I was any good at dealing with uncertainty a few years ago I would have said yes sure! After going through the last year, I can now say I was kidding myself 😊! This last year has been a real year of learning: As my comfort zone most definitely …
One door closes…
After waiting for an answer since my trial with Brunel, I finally know today, that no, I will not be going back to sail with the team again, I am not required... It is a strange mix of emotions... On one hand, I have pushed hard this last year to get myself in contention - …
June…
June was Greece, Portugal, Spain, the island of Madeira, and Holland yet again... Sailing with some rather different sets of people, and doing quite a variety of things now that I look back! What looked like a rather relaxed month, ended up being completely hectic, with things just popping up again and again! It started …