on the water
Opportunities to race against
competitors have been limited for Dylan and the team lately.
Support for sailing students
T
he British Universities Sailing Association (BUSA) has launched a new alumni
The UK’s chilly weather
didn’t put a complete stop to outdoor training.
The new year has certainly started interestingly enough. We had a training camp planned for Lanzarote where a lot of the foreign teams were training, but between Brexit and Covid that fell apart. After many false starts and rebookings, we went to another of the British team bases in Vilamoura in Portugal – which is where I’m writing now. I felt this chance to train on the water was our best route to a good performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games, so for everyone to come together and make it happen was truly humbling. Since we’ve been here,
“this chance to train on the water
was our best
route to a good performance at the Tokyo
Olympic Games”
we’ve raced against our competitors, which we haven’t been able to do for a year. Having worked on our own for so
long, it’s good to check in with rivals to see where we stand. At this early stage I feel that we’re in a good place, considering everything that’s happened in the last year. In an ideal future we’d go to Lanzarote, meet up with our Swiss training partners and test ourselves against some other strong European teams – but as we all know, this currently isn’t an ideal world. My nature is to get a
bit frustrated if there’s a competition and I’m not there. This past year has really taught me that you can’t focus on things you can’t do, and you need
to focus on what you can. This is going to help me in what looks like another year of uncertainty.
membership scheme to support student sailors. BUSA was founded in 1957 to promote sailing at UK universities and facilitate international competition. The alumni membership scheme will enable university sailors to stay in touch after graduation while also offering financial support to the next generation of sailors. All money raised through the scheme will support either the biennial BUSA Tour to the US (making it accessible to sailors unable to secure their own funding), or BUSA’s Alumni Development Award, given to university sailing clubs to help them grow and improve student sailing. Members can specify which project they’d like their donation to support, and will receive an annual report outlining the positive impact of their contribution. It’s hoped that the scheme will also make it easier for former BUSA sailors to reconnect with university friends.
BUSA is asking for an annual membership fee of £10. For more information visit https:/
/
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