Finally a result at a World Champs that we can be proud of! Despite feeling like we could have actually placed higher than this due to a DSQ setback on day 2, we had some fantastic races and sailed well all week.

So close yet so far away! Having sailing the entire week in and out of the medals we lost our coloured bib in the final fleet race dropping to 4th overall and a frustrating day of waiting around with no wind meant there was no medal race to pull back. A week of extremes with some of the wildest, waviest racing we have seen in our time in the 470 followed by a drift-off the next day!

Luckily we sorted our kit out for Hyeres and were within touching distance of a medal despite a major kite rip on the first hoist of one race!

An absolute disaster!! We decided it would be a great idea to try some different kit going straight into a regatta - we have definitely learnt from that mistake!

Great to get some racing in after what felt like a long time!

Our first taste of racing on the 2020 Olympic waters of Enoshima! This was a great chance to explore the area and begin to experience the Japanese culture.

Back on the podium with a British 1, 2, 3!! This was a brilliant event for us with tough competition so close to the Olympics and came down to a nail-biting medal race which saw us incredibly close to silver on the one hand or to slipping from the medals altogether so we were very happy with a bronze finish! 

We then followed this up with an even worse result at Hyeres...

Unfortunately it seemed we peaked too soon in Palma and only managed a 16th place finish at the Europeans the following week, Luckily this was just enough to scrape us into the British Podium Squad at last!

This was a breakthrough regatta for us - having won the training regatta the week before we were on top of our game and sailed a solid series to get bronze. Things were starting to come together!

One of the strangest places to sail! Not only was it incredibly shallow (our centreboard was hitting the floor off one start line!) but at the time we were there they were having a serious issue with plants that has washed down the river and into the bay. Often the clumps of plants would be so dense that it was impossible to sail through and they became an obstruction on the course which we needed to take into account in our tactics. It felt like the majority of the racing was just a calculated decision on how often was beneficial to lift the foils and clear the weed (probably about every 30 seconds!!) It was difficult to focus on how we would normally race with such distractions going on but despite not being an amazing result we had come a long way with our light winds sailing compared to the 2015 Worlds only a few months before so lots of positives to take from this event.

An incredible opportunity to compete against the Olympic teams on the Olympic waters in the build up to the 2016 Games and to qualify for the medal race! We were really pleased with our performance at this event in a variety of conditions and amazing to be sailing surrounded by such an iconic and awesome landscape!

Definitely up there as one of the best events ever!! A very small but strong fleet made for interesting racing but more importantly left plenty of time for activities! Abu Dhabi were fanstatic hosts making the trip affordable and thoroughly enjoyable. We absolutely loved our time there riding camels, dune bashing, experiencing traditional food, dress and dancing and even catching the red bull motorcross world final while we were there! Not sure whether this one was an event or a holiday,,, certainly very different from our usual event experiences!

This was a devastating result for us in a year when it felt like everything was starting to come together. We discovered a major weakness in the conditions we had that week and it demonstrated how things can fall apart when the pressure is on. We can only look at the learning that came out of this event and how we can build on that to ensure we don't repeat our mistakes!

A brilliant start to the week in the shifty offshore but struggled in the latter half when the wind switched to onshore. Lots of positives and negatives to be taken from this regatta!

An amazing event for us! We sailed fast all week and kept our cool in a 5-20 knot medal race to come away with a silver medal! Also probably the only event where you get to arrive into the medal ceremony on a quad bike!

A solid result for us against a strong fleet

Unfortunately Anna suffered a knee injury just 3 weeks before the start of this event and so it was a race against time just to get her in the boat for day 1 of the event! Luckily rehab was smooth and we even managed a half decent result!

With only 4 races in qualifying series and a terrible opening day for us we were devastated when we ended up in silver fleet at this event. Despite this setback we did all we could and won silver fleet to finish 28th overall. Although this event always felt like a disappointment, in hindsight we can be proud of our comeback after the first day!

A very hot and light event, a good chance to practice our finesse in the boat

Our first podium! A well sailed medal race saw us go from 5th to 3rd and into bronze medal position!

With a couple of events under our belt we had high hopes for the podium here but some inexperienced trapezing on a mega day led to a capsize and with a DSQ from a protest already using up our discard, the podium was not to be!

This was our first senior event - Anna had only been sailing the 470 for 3 weeks prior to this event having come from a laser with no trapezing or kite flying experience... Beginner's luck or the makings of a dream team?!!

Our very first event together in the 470!