It’s the handy default to say that the British Sailing Team dominates at the Olympic Games because of their significant lottery funding, and that certainly is advantageous, but from the view at Scuttlebutt HQ there is another reason.
They have their sh#t together.
Before kiteboarding was confirmed as an event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, they read the tea leaves right and put out a recruiting announcement to find people that can race kiteboards. That effort exceeded their goals, and now they are doing the same for the new double-handed mixed offshore event that will also debut at the 2024 Games.
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has already registered an entry for a British team in the inaugural World Sailing Offshore World Championship (OWC), to be held in conjunction with the 2020 Rolex Middle Sea Race, and now they are looking for the best team to fill it.
Jack Fenwick, RYA Keelboat Manager, is hoping to bring interested parties together in early 2020 with a view to running doublehanded offshore taster sessions and training next spring.