After my events in Miami, I flew back to the UK to briefly catch up with family and to see how the work on my house was progressing. In February, I spent a day coaching the ‘Team Volvo for life competition’ winner. It was a great day; the lady sailed a topper and I went out on the water to give her one to one coaching – she really enjoyed the day and it was rewarding to see her improving in such a short space of time.

Every day I am training – a 2 hour cardio fitness session usually running or cycling in the morning, and strength work in the gym mainly focusing on upper body strength.

At the weekend I went to the Dinghy Show in London. I had a full day of activities including a Skandia Team GBR ‘Road to Beijing’ question & answer session on the main stage; meetings young sailors; signing autographs and the highlight of the day – the Skandia GBR sail off in the model boat pool!!!

I have a busy schedule of training and events over the next couple of months. I am currently spending time rigging, testing and tuning my new boat and I will organise the boat branding for my sponsors such as Volvo. My old boat is in China so I can train on it out there when I go out there in June, whilst my Olympic boat is getting shipped out. I will be spending most of March sail training in Weymouth working on sailing development and continuing with my fitness training. In April I will be training in Hyere, followed by the Hyere Olympic class regatta. Then I will be training in between the UK and China, followed by training in Keil, Holland and the Holland Olympic Class Regatta. I certainly have an exciting couple of months lined up!