Two weeks ago we flipped the boat on land to check something on the mast. Something that we would do on a regular basis, but I suddenly felt my back go. I was in quite a lot of pain but didn’t think too much of it. The following weekend I was at a squad camp [...]

Well we are back in Weymouth and into our own boat again. Feels like I am now home. For our first weekend back it wasn’t as cold as we thought it would have been but that quickly changed. I always seem to forget how cold I get. I think it’s mainly due to the freezing [...]

Well it seems like ages ago that we were out in New Zealand at the Junior World Championships. We were the only Brits to make the 2-day journey to the other side of the world. In total we were away from home for 3 weeks, both having to get special permission from our universities to [...]

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 [...]