HOW WELL DO YOU HANDLE ADVERSITY?

We all like to win, but in the words of “Highlander”: “there can be only one”. It is really about how well you deal with losing. Adversity is a normal event in life, how well you handle it will make all the difference.
Above it is “Puma”, The image below is the replacement bow section being fashioned for “Team Sanya”. We had our own mishap in the 2010 Bermuda race, A few minutes after the start, the clew of the mainsail failed, leaving us to watch our class sailing away. We ended up 2nd in class after the crew worked for 40 hours sewing.

STAMPS

I have collected stamps most of my life. These are a few from my collection which relate to yachting. Stamps are often issued to commemorate events in history. It was a wonderful way to introduce history to a child. I have been working on an inventory (of thousands of stamps) which has become the work of sisyphus.

I have been reading the news like most of you. Puma is trading the lead with Telefonica and Groupama is now well behind.

Dean Barker won the first event in San Diego in the AC 45’s.