NSWIS awards night

Well its been a busy month full of sailing, exams and travel.

Sail Melbourne was on at the start of November. It was the first chance in a while to do some nice big fleet racing and we had quite a good fleet in the radials. It was a valuable regatta to do with some tricky conditions and tight racing, definitely a good platform to identify and address some weaknesses. A major achievement for me was making some major progress in my starting which hopefully I can carry over into the Worlds. I also came away feeling quite confident in my speed in most conditions, especially on the downwinds.

From Sail Melbourne it was straight back home to sit my uni exams (thanks to UNSW for being so accommodating). It's definitely nice to have that out of the way so I can now just concentrate on sailing, as during Sail Melbourne I was studying before and after sailing.

I also attended the NSWIS awards night where I was a finalist in the Academic Excellence category. I was thrilled to win the award! It was a fantastic evening full of inspirational people all pursing excellence.

Now I'm in Fremantle (WA) in the final days of preparation before the Worlds. The weather here is glorious and I've had some great training with Laura Baldwin (coach) and Krystal. Today is a rest day and I've been enjoying curling up on the couch reading a book.

Looking forward to racing starting on the 5th!

Cheers,
Gabe