UKLA Chair blog #21
Christmas in Perth
In autumn 1994 I had given up my job to sail full-time to try and get to the Olympics and spent 4 weeks in December at a training camp in Israel with amongst others the current GBR coach Chris Gowers. It was an intensive camp not least because we spent most of that time on a kibbutz with little outside contact. And so it was a nice relief to fly home for Christmas in Dublin.
The following year, having never been away for Christmas, a group of us flew to Perth for the Australian Nationals on the Swan River, which started this day 27 years ago, and was preceded by my first (and so far only) sail on Christmas Day, and then on to the Asia Pacific Championships next door in Fremantle. What a great place to sail in glorious sunshine and the famous Fremantle Doctor (sea breeze), remembered by many for the 1987 America’s Cup.
Wishing you all a Happy New Year and hoping some of you have had a sail over Christmas.
All the best
Mark
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