RQYS Mainsheet 2021

Postcards from Tokyo

PERSPECTIVES

POSTCARDS FROM TOKYO 2020ish Perspectives on an odd Olympics We asked some of our sailing Olympians for their thoughts and insights on what a different experience the COVID-postponed Games was like and Jake Lilley felt far from alone.

“While those two weeks of television images may be the ones that define a career or sit at the front of people’s minds, what sits with me most is the journey. The thousands of hours sailing out of the RQ harbour. The support and encouragement from everyone at home and the journey everyone became a part of to compete in Japan. To sail a single-handed boat, but to feel the support of the entire

Squadron there with you on Enoshima Bay is a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Tokyo was a special time indeed. Also getting the chance to crash-tackle Will Ryan was pretty good too! “

Background: ‘Enoshima in the Sagami Province’ – ca 1830-31, from Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘Thirty-six views of Mt Fuji’ woodblock prints

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