So? I am not a number article?

Haha! Actually, in a way I hope you're right!

"I am"  "serious" 

Rugby world cup in 95 was of sporting, and cultural and political significance. Olympic sailing, not so much. However, that doesn't mean it isn't important to those who care, just as wth club racing.

I take my work seriously, I take looking after my children seriously, I take paying my bills seriously  - I can not take mucking about in boats at the weekend seriously.  Why would you?

So, I take my racing fairly seriously, whether it be classics, club handicap or class racing. I used to take it far more seriously, and judge my sailing by my results. Now, I don't. I judge it upon whether I have, in my opinion, sailed as well as I could have. I judge it on whether I have actually enjoyed the experience. I judge it on whether at any point toys were thrown out of pram. I now get worse results, but had I continued judging things by how I did against others, in the way I did before, I doubt I'd still be sailing.

But getting a win is always a good feeling, even if tinged with a slight feeling of undeservedness, and a loss is always a bit depressing, especially if I could have sailed better,so maybe I've not really changed all that much!