By Joshua Boniface age (11)

On the 5th and 6th of November, it was the first squad weekend. It was at Bewl Valley Sailing Club which is a Reservoir. This was my first training weekend because I had only just joined the RS Tera Sports National squad.

The first day there was not that much wind, so it made it a bit harder to sail. We were looking at reverse flow. That is where the tell tails are flying in the opposite direction to which they are supposed to, downwind. You bear away to the edge of jibing. This increases speed by at least 30%.

Also we looked at the basic things, like tacking which surprised me because that is the first thing you learn. I soon found out that there was alot I could improve on.    

On the saturday evening we had a special dinner with the sponsors. We got to have dinner all together which was fun.

On the Sunday the sponsors from Proskin gave the National squaddies Proskins which keeps your body temperature stable, we got to meet a rugby hero Jason Robinson which was exciting. The Proskins kept me very warm and I slept in them as they said it helped your muscles recover from exercise.

On Sunday we fine tuned the technique’s we had been learning and had some fun races. It was easier because there was more wind, but quite gusty, at one point 11 boats capsized in a massive gust. I got sailor of the day on the sunday which i am very proud of.

 I would like to thank Bewl Valley and our coaches Jonathan, Dan, Tom and Libby . This weekend was so much fun and I’m looking forward to the next one.

By Joshua Boniface age (11)

RS Tera Sport National Squad