The 2008 European season’s sporting highlight was a third place overall finish in the Extreme 40 class and Ishares Cup with a new team and BT as our title sponsor. This was a fantastic achievement behind the two Americas Cup teams Alinghi and Team Origin. The result was hard fought for as the level on the tour has definitely stepped up a notch since the series conception in 07 www.isharescup.com. Our goal at the beginning of 08 was to hold a podium place at the end of the season as we had the year previously. It is always great to achieve an objective that you set for yourself 8 months prior to execution.

Undoubtedly, on a personal front, the arrival of our first baby, a beautiful little girl Eva Matilda, has warranted the biggest smile on my and our families faces. The single greatest thing that has ever happened to me personally….I am just loving fatherhood!

The treadmill continues and with it the need to continually travel from one event to the next. We begin 09 in Australia where the weather permits longer training days and more consistent racing events. March draws us back to Europe where the team and I will continue to test ourselves against the best sailors in the world on all stages; short course, endurance and long offshore yacht racing.

I continue my love for diversity in sailing, which leads me to competing in many different disciplines within the sport, but my unchallenged primary objective for the foreseeable future is to win a dinghy world championship crown. For more information about future projects and the classes visit the ‘campaign info’ section of this site.

Thanks for logging on, enjoy.

‘Seize the day’

Nick.