It has been a busy few months since my last blog update, which I must apologise for not keeping up to date. A silver in Palma at Princess Sophia regatta in April got the season off to a good start and it looked like I was going to follow it up with a medal in Hyere’s until I got some letters in my score line, never a good thing! However there were some valuable lessons learnt and I am looking forward to the next World Cup regatta in Holland at the end of this month.
Asside from my sailing a few other exciting things have happened, most importantly becoming engaged to my long term partner Stephen Thomas. He proposed in true style and we are looking forward to getting married in October. A summer wedding would have been lovely, but I could not squeeze it in with my sailing programme. My parents have been fantastic taking over the wedding arrangements. With me away at regattas and Steve very busy in Turkey, project managing the build of the first two Superyachts for Oyster, neither of us have had time to think about, let alone organise the wedding. I have anounced to my dad that I want a red Ferrari as a wedding car, however it’s proving very difficult to get one without a chauffer which would mean some one in the boot!
The other piece of exciting news is Charles Russell anouncing their continued support for my 2012 campaign. I am delighted they are continuing their sponsorship in the form of supplying a new 2.4mR and I am really grateful for their committment