The National Ranker this weekend in Weymouth was very different to the one last month. It was light winds are very shifty. On Saturday we sailed well and had a second and also a race win. Sunday showed us some similar conditions, we had a second then two frustrating races where we lost quite a [...]

Skandia Team GBR Transitional Squad sailors Anna Burnett and Flora Stewart have received an additional boost to their flourishing 470 campaign by being awarded with the prestigious Marlow Ropes Award. The Marlow Ropes Award was introduced in 2002 with the aim of rewarding Britain’s most promising young sailors for their determination, focus and talent. Go [...]

We have just been awarded the Marlow Rope Award where we collected our prize at the Southampton Boat Show. This is a brilliant award to win as it will supply us with the best rope on the market for a whole year. This means we wont have to worry about our boat as we will [...]

September has had its good and bad moments. We went back training and hit it hard, but unfortunately I got ill so it put us out of training for 2 days. Putting in long hours on the water while the temperature is still bearable. We had a National Ranker to finish the 2 weeks of [...]

Down in Weymouth, training at the moment. I am fighting a throat and eye infection so didn’t sail yesterday. Had a good sail today but in the last hour lost a lot of my energy. Early to bed tonight before the National Ranker at the weekend. It was our first sail in our new boat [...]

First couple of days of training has passed and we haven’t got out on the water yet. Wind speeds of 58 Knots. It does mean we have been breaking ourselves in the gym. We both survived the Fitness test today and enjoyed getting our skin folds done. It was nice to relax with the other [...]

Over the past couple of months we have seen a huge improvement in our sailing. For the first time ever we were able to put a series of results together in a major competition. Before we had a wind strength that was favored over others but now we can sail consistently in most wind conditions [...]

GREAT NEWS!!  We are now in the Olympic Transitional Squad so we are now being funded. “This is in recognition of the professionalism and commitment we have shown to date and hopefully the potential to develop into a World Class Team.” There is no stopping us now.

This was truly an incredible event to be apart of. With over 1000 athletes all competing at the Olympic Venue for 2012 means there was an awesome atmosphere. Sail for Gold was the trails for the British team and also many other countries so the fleet was smaller than normal, but it did mean only [...]

ISAF has now decided the boats that will be sailed in 2016 and it’s exciting. The two Olympic Keel boats are out and the 470 remains in for both men and women. Two new boats are introduced, a women’s skiff and a multihull boat, potentially mixed. The women’s skiff sounds very exciting and I believe [...]