Thank you for 2014!

2014 was a brilliant year for me. I went to the European Championships, European team racing Championships, Braassermermeer, Bermuda and lots more! All of these events were a amazing experience for me and I'm very grateful that I could go. So I made a video saying thank you to you all. Here it it is:

It's been an awesome start to this year too. I've already been to Monaco for a team racing event and I'm off to Turkey again next week for the Bodrum International Optimist Regatta which I did in 2013 with the Development team. 

I wouldn't be able to do all this without the help from lots of people so thank you to:

• Crewsaver
• Royal London Yacht Club
• Sail Spy UK
• North Sails
• Nan Nan & G.D
• All my coaches
• My sailing friends
• My family

Thank you! 

Thank you for an awesome 2013 sailing year

Sorry this post is a bit late but we had a catastrophic failure of our PC at home (now sorted).

2013 was a brilliant year for sailing for me. I started the year in the South Zone Squad. I went to Turkey with the British Development Team for the Bodrum International Regatta. I was in Team GBR for the Irish Nationals, competed in all the the major British events and finished the year ranked 11th in the British rolling ranking. Over the winter I have been training in the National Squad. I've raced and trained loads and had so much fun.

I couldn't have done this with out a lot of support and help from so many people. So I would like to say a very big thank you to (in no special order)

• The Royal London Yacht Club Youth Trust
• Crewsaver
• Wightlink
• SailSpyUK
• North Sails
• My Grandparents - Nan Nan & GD and Nanny
• All the coaches who have helped me especially Clare, Tom and Alan
• Parents of my friends who have helped me especially Cordelia and Richard Ellis and Chris Evans
• All my sailing friends (some of who are in the video)
• IOCA UK
• Royal Victoria Yacht Club
• RYA
• My family in Dublin
• and last but not least Mum, Dad and Freya

Thank you everyone. I can't wait for this year's racing to start!

I hope you enjoy the video.

Thank you Royal London Yacht Club Charitable Youth Trust

More great news for me this week. The Royal London Yacht Club Charitable Youth Trust have chosen to help me with my Optimist sailing. Having this support means I can do more training and more events particularly over the winter and keep on getting better. I would really like to make the European Team next year so have to do as much sailing as I can.

The Trust helps young people to experience character building maritime activities, and helps the education and training of young people up to the age of 25 years, from the Isle of Wight, in sailing, boat handling, seamanship and navigation.

The Trust has also supported Olympic hopefuls, one of whom is Chris Rashley from St Helens who is currently three times Moth European Champion and RYA coach to the potential Rio Olympic squad in the 49erFX women’s skiff class.

One day I hope to the win the  Olympics and I would love to sail a foiling moth!

As well as having their support it's really great knowing that the members of the Royal London Yacht Club have noticed my sailing and think I can do really well in the future. Now I just have to go out and do it!

Last weekend I raced at the Spinnaker Open to get some practice in for the End of Season Championships. We had about 40 people in the main fleet with a few squad sailors so it was good competition. It was very light winds and it's always really shifty at Spinnaker. I had my first ever black flag so had to sit out the third race which wasn't so good but if you are being aggressive on the start it's going to happen sometimes. In the other races, I had two 7th places and 1st in the last race of the day. I beat the National Champion, Milo Gill-Taylor, in that race which was epic. Overall I finished 5th which I was pleased with.

This weekend I'm racing at the RYA South Zone Championships in Poole. The forecast looks like it's going to be a windy one so it should be good fun.