How did you first get involved with sailing? My first encounter with sailing was at the age of 5, when my brothers started sailing. I was in swimming back then, but I still remember that I wanted to quit and follow my brothers into sailing. They wouldn’t accept me though since I was very young, so
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(Sailing Energy | Gamagori, Japan 2017) How old were you when you started sailing? 9 How did you first get involved with sailing? My father is sailor as well, so he took me to Limassol Nautical club to try out the sport, and that was enough to immediately fall in love. What was your first boat? Optimist Why
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(Sailing Energy | Abu Dhabi 2015) How old were you when you started sailing? About 9 at Trimpley Sailing Club How did you first get involved with sailing? My dad got some sailing lessons for his birthday when I was young and that was how we got into it. What was your first boat? Optimist Why did you
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How old were you when you started sailing? I went to my first summer sailing school when I was six. How did you get started in sailing (what led you to get involved in sailing)? My father sailed for the national team. He showed us the sport and he taught and inspired us. What was
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How old were you when you started sailing? I was 7 when I started sailing. How did you get started in sailing (what led you to get involved in sailing)? My older sister Kate just started sailing at the time and I was spending considerable time down at the yacht club and I started bugging
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How old were you when you started sailing? I was about 10 years old when I first set foot on a sailboat (Optimist) but that was nothing serious. However, I only started sailing more seriously in 2012 (when I was 14). That was the year when I got introduced to the Laser and competed in
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Marit Bouwmeester upgrades her silver medal from London 2012 to a gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics! – Interview by Heather Jones Congratulations on your success at Rio. How are you feeling post Olympics? It’s a great feeling to achieve what I always wanted. It has been an incredible journey with my coach Jaap
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Florence Allan, aged 18 years old, talks about how it felt to represent the Cayman Islands at the Rio 2016 Olympics! – Interview by Heather Jones How did you get into sailing? I started sailing when I was 7 through the summer camps at my local club. I didn’t get into competitive sailing until 2011.
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Olympic gold medalist Tom Burton talks about his success at Rio and his plans for the future. – Interview by Heather Jones How tough was it out there on the water? It was very tough. Different conditions every day together with different race courses – meaning different wave patterns / tides / skills required –
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What boat did you first sail? A Manly Junior, which is a snub-nosed timber dinghy designed locally and sailed by two kids with a main, jib and spinnaker. What other boats have you sailed? Almost everything! All sort of dinghies, including Moths, which back then were non-foiling plywood scows, and 18-Foot skiffs which were very
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Alison Young – talks to Jeff Martin just after winning her world title at the 2016 Laser Radial World Championship in Mexico! Congratulations you are the new World Champion – how does it feel? Pretty cool. I didn’t really expect it – going in today our fleet was so close. There were about five girls
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Gintare Scheidt – past world champion, married to Robert Scheidt and Mum to two young boys, talks to Jeff Martin about Rio after the Laser Radial Worlds awards ceremony! Five world champions in the top seven on the podium and you were one of them. How did it feel? Well I did my maximum and
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Jeff Martin talks to the winner of the Laser Radial Women’s World Championship 2015. So how does it feel? It feels very good, I’m so happy about the things I’ve been doing on the water for the past weeks so it feels awesome. It was tough, what were your thoughts going into the last race?
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What was your first boat? An Optimist How old were you when you first sailed a Laser? 15 years old. Why did you choose the Laser? I tried both the International 420 and the Laser. I chose the Laser because I had the right size and weight for the boat and was used to sailing
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Congratulations! How do you feel after your win yesterday? Surprisingly ok – a little bit tired and overcome with emotion rather than hung over which is a good thing. Is this a big deal for you? At prize giving last night you said you had been here a couple of times before – in fact
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