Adventures

This week was a week of perseverance. Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. With challenging weather, boat handling break throughs, speed struggles, and a bit of a rollercoaster with my fatigue, it was important to focus on what was possible, rather than the impossible. After a big dentist appointment last Tuesday, my mind was excited to get out on the water…

They say you should train in the rain, because no one else will be. This may not be the case this summer; everyone may have to have a go given the long-range forecast! Nevertheless, I have been out there whenever there has been wind, which meant for some great rides this week even with the rain! Last Tuesday a massive storm cell over Canberra meant that HPS was cut short, just at the right time…

After a cracker fortnight prior to my last post – last week I struggled to get on the water due to a series of rainy days killing the breeze. I don’t mind sailing in rain, but floating in rain is a completely different story! The lack of wind was probably a blessing in disguise. The week just gone served as a bit of catch up, I even had a massage last night! I was able to do a bit of…

The quote of the week this week was an old favourite – racing is training without consequences. I have started getting my groove back in the past two weeks, spending most days on the water. Tuesday and Wednesday I trained on the Spiral; crews were sparse this week due to the exam period in Canberra. Tuesday’s session with the HPS was an excellent continuation of my own training the…

My third post, and my third week. Today was also the third training session that I have filmed on my new camera which is adding a completely new dimension to my training. Highlights of the week on the water were some brilliant breezy sails on the Spiral; on Thursday and also today, continuing the work on my transitions and alongside my boat handling. Canberra is the perfect place to work on…

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Well I guess it is just the day after Grandpa’s funeral… It was a beautiful, tiring, painful and‘together’ in a wayI have never experienced in such force. Memories flooding forward, tears flooding everyone!!! And a sense of family, and thankfulness that we had something to be missing, something that we would truly miss holding, but the knowledge that he has shaped all of…

Today a funny thing happened… I got to the point where I apparently sail so much that it should become my name. I have been called “Sailor Girl” as far back as 2000 (that I can remember) by people at the sailing club… sometimes by kids at school… Mostly boys… But now there seems to be a few adventures happening… And you guys apparently want to hear about…