Overall 2018 for my own sailing was a moderately successful year: I remained ranked no 1 in the UK Radial Ladder, although some of the top sailors couldn’t do as many events with me, which did give me a bit of an advantage.. In the Championships I was not quite so successful, ending up finishing 2nd at both the Inland (strong winds) and National (light winds) Championships. On both occasions I wasn’t quite able to match the eventual winners. The Inlands was incredibly close: I won all 3 races on the Saturday and Ben Elvin won all 3 races on the Sunday to beat me on tie-breaker. Whereas the Nationals were less close with George Povall doing nearly enough to win with a race to spare.  

The last domestic event of the year was the Masters’ Inlands, held in Grafham. So it was nice to win the event (counting 5 1sts) and end the season on a high. Although, as always, the results do not always tell the full story and as always I was pushed very hard by Ian Jones.

Next year I am hoping to improve my personal fitness and I have started going to the Pilates Centre Weymouth. Jenny was a key part of Lijia Xu’s very successful 2012 Olympic campaign.