Sailing under pressure can make it harder to perform at your best but we did what was needed to be done. I actually received the call that Tuula had secured her place for the Olympics from the Team leader on my way home from loading the container. Luckily, I didn’t fall off my bike! I then flew home from some productive meetings at the RYA Dinghy Show and to compete in the Weymouth Qualifier which was a pretty windy event, especially for someone whose body clock is not quite fully adjusted. Then it was straight back to Australia.

This time I travelled to the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, the other side of Geelong, and started my preparation for the Masters Worlds. I won the Oceanic Masters (although technically I was the only person in my category Apprentice Masters – but we raced with the Masters fleet). However, with the Covid-19 pandemic now I changed my flight and flew home the next day.