A great start to the season for Gimson and Greig
by Unlimited Sailing 13 Feb 2009 17:26 GMT
A great start to the season for John Gimson and Ed Greig © Richard Langdon /
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Unlimited Sailing’s John Gimson and Ed Greig have had a great result for their first Grade 1 Olympic Classes Regatta in the Star men’s Olympic keelboat.
The Skandia Team GBR sailors scored a 13th at Miami ocr the First of the ISAF Sailing World Cup events for the star, which was well inside the team’s goal of a top 15 finish.
After a hard winter’s training out of the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble, the team left the UK very confident in their boat handling and ready for a month of training in Miami with a focus on boat speed and racing.
Arriving in Miami on the January 5, John and Ed joined former Etchells World champion Jud Smith as tuning partners. Jud has been in the Star class for just over a year and has very quickly moved up to the front of fleet. Along with coaching support from Larry Sutor, and lots of help from Jud, the young British team got up to speed very quickly.
Although both John and Ed are happy with their result in Miami the pair felt they learned a lot of big lessons during the regatta and they believe there is more to come, which is a good confidence boost for the team.
John and Ed would like to thank Jud Smith, Larry Sutor for all their help in Miami and Eamon O’Nolan of Unlimited Sailing.com for his ongoing support. Also thanks once again to the Royal Southern Yacht Club for providing such a good training base over the winter.