Olympics

470 Gold Medals for Australia and Great Britain

4 August 2021
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition concluded with two Medal Races in the 470 Men and 470 Women.With the 470 becoming a Mixed Event for Paris 2024, today was the last time that these partnerships would race side by side in the same boat.The 8 to 10 knot wind conditions made for a tough cardiovascular contest combined with close quarters tactics and precision boat…
Read more
Adventures

At the end of the #RoadToRio - Belcher & Ryan

26 October 2016
Behind every Olympic and Paralympic medal is an amazing adventure and journey, this is the second in a series of videos looking at the #RoadToRio with the Australian Sailing Team medallists, celebrating their homecoming and looking back on their journey. At the Rio Olympics the Australian Sailing Team collectively won one gold and three silver medals, with all of the Paralympic sailors winning a…
Read more
Adventures

Phase one

7 November 2011
After another week on in the journey, I have lots to fix as well as lots to learn. A windy week in Canberra resulted in a few breakages here and there and lots of lessons, mainly to re-learn. There are two parts to phase one of my sailing program for the next five years. Getting to know the 470, and continuing to work on my skippering. As I am too small for a Laser Radial – the Spiral is…
Read more
Adventures

The start of a journey

31 October 2011
On the 27th October, I started a journey of getting to know my 470 sailing dinghy, Havvok. With daylight savings in full swing, and the kick off of the Canberra Yacht Club twilights on Lake Burley Griffin, it was the perfect time. After a winter of fiddling with the mast and the rig, and being nervous about what was to come, I fell in love with the 470 the minute we took off from the start line.
Read more