Looking ahead, who is the team to beat at Weymouth in the London 2012 Olympics?
The British team has been strong during the last two games. In 2004 and 2008 they were by far the strongest team, so all the more reason that they’re going to be very good at home. That’s going to be a very tough team to beat. The Australians are also a very strong team in general. What would you be doing if you weren’t a professional sailor? I’ve luckily never really had to consider it. I do some writing for magazines and my Web site, so that would lead somewhere, ideally. My degree set me up to take the foreign-service exam and start down the diplomatic path—but the only diplomacy I have to worry about now is at crowded starting lines in international fleets or organizing international training partners. Do you ever go sailing just for fun? Yeah, absolutely! But even the pleasure sailing that I do is racing oriented. Jackie and I will go racing against other people in Washington or the Eastern Shore of Maryland or something like that and just have a total blast.
