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Training in Miami

I left for Miami on Wednesday. For some reason I had to transfer through New York which wasn't great but apparently it was cheaper.

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Narrow escape

Today was the first day of the Alex Caviglia Blue water Classic Regatta in Miami.

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Second place at the Caviglia regatta

We finished the Caviglia regatta today.

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Good performance in New Zealand

I left for New Zealand straight after Miami where I finished 5th.

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Racings YoBs

Last night I went up to Weymouth Sailing Club to help with Weymouth SC YOBs at one of their winter training sessions.

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Silver win in Hyeres

I’ve been back from Hyeres for three days. I’ve been sailing with my brother in our Merlin dinghy which was exciting if not a little hap hazard.

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Fun on the water

With only a few weeks till sail For Gold preparations are well under way. I’m doing Frensham 2.4 open meeting this weekend.

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Seven-times Frensham champ

Frensham was last weekend. I finished 1st. So I’ve now held the trophy for 7 years.

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Playing with cranes

I’ve just finished doing a week training at Weymouth Sailing club in my 2.4’s. It was a lot of fun in some really nice breeze.

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Getting ready to take on the World after summer fun

I am up in Ardingly at the moment finishing my packing for the world Championships in Norway. I’m really looking forward to a good end of the season. I had a frustrating time in Weymouth earlier in...

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My Story

I was born in Shoreham by Sea in West Sussex but moved at an early age to Ardingly, near Haywards Heath in the same county.

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Min the 'old lady' boat

I had a quiet start to the week but on Friday I went sailing in my 2.4mR. I was training with two-times Paralympian John Robertson.

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A festive end to the season

I thought I would start by showing a picture of my boat Min. The picture shows me naming the boat when I went to collect it from Finland.

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Food for thought this new year

I’m writing this on the first day of 2010. The last two weeks have been quiet for me on the sailing front.

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Watching from the crowds

Today the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race left the sunny city of Geraldton to race through Indonesia to Singapore.

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Up for the challenge

This week I was planning on sailing but the temperature stopped that. Instead I went and worked with my brother repairing two old 2.4’s.

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Taming the inner chimp

YESTERDAY I started my journey to Miami by travelling to my parents’ house in West Sussex. Today I will get a lift with my twin brother to Gatwick and then get the bus from Gatwick to Heathrow.

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Sunny Miami

I’m writing this at eight in the morning in my apartment for the stay.

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Frustrating delays

Yesterday was one of the more frustrating days in sailing. We were meant to start day 2 of the regatta at 11.30 but did not actually start a race until 3 O’clock.

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Triumph at the regatta

British team dominate at Alex Caviglia regatta. With four races on the final day of racing for the Paralympic classes tricky light winds lead to tight racing on Biscayne Bay.

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Sunny sailing in Miami

Today was the first of two days of the 2.4mR US Midwinters regatta. After three frustrating days of training with little to no wind today brought 20 knots of wind.

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Gearing up for exciting racing

The second day of the midwinters regatta brought no wind in the morning.

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A good day for Paralympians in Miami

Day 1 of Miami OCR was very uneventful as big rain clouds were forecasted so the race committee decided not to send us out racing as they were not sure it they would bring too much wind and thunder...

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Happy with a race win

Day 3 of Miami OCR saw similar wind to day 2. The British Skud team have moved up to second place with the Sonar team still in third.

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Learning lessons in Miami

Hard day 4 and 5. Day 4 for me was a bit disappointing as I did not perform to my best and let a medal slip from my grasp.

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Catching up on paperwork

This week has been a quiet week. After returning home from Miami on Monday I have been catching up on paperwork and preparing for the next month.

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Time out for snow angels

February is drawing on with Northerly winds that do not seem to stop.

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The truth about rash vests

Last day of training before Palma starts on Sunday saw 20 - 27 knots offshore meaning that the day was very wet in 2.4 land.

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YOBS at Weymouth SC

My brother Sam Pascoe and I went to YOBs at Weymouth SC to help out on their last training night of the season.

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Sailing sometimes is not that glamorous!

On Monday myself and Helena Lucas left for the Open 2.4 World Championships in Hoorn which is about ½ an hour east of Amsterdam.

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Return from Holland

I returned from Holland on Sunday with three boats when I only took one.

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Bleeding hands

I spent yesterday fitting out my new boat.

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A high-intensity weekend

This weekend was defiantly long.

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Looking forward to Florida

Around November time the team starts scattering to warmer climates to get some quality training in.

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Arrival in Florida

I finally made it to St Petersberg in Florida on Friday after having a two hour delay in London to change a wheel on the plane which meant I missed my connection in Atlanta, but luckily I didn’t have...

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First regatta round-up

We are about our 8th day in Florida. We were up in St Petersberg where we just finished our first regatta.

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