PanAmerican Games Identification Camp

To partake in a little ‘Throwback Thursday’, back in September, I returned to Ontario for a week to sail in a PanAmerican games identification camp, which took place in the two days leading up to the Ontario Sailing Combine and Fall CORK. The Camp was run by Ontario Sailing and was coached primarily by Larry Lemieux and Zach Railey. Larry is a renown coach and has been coached world class champions and Olympians, not to mention competing in tow Olympics himself; 1984 in the Star and 1988 in the Finn Class. Zach Railey is also a phenomenal sailor, still currently competing in the Finn Class. In 2008, he won the Silver medal in the Finn for the USA. It was an incredible experience, being able to be coached by two sailors with so much experience under their belts. We had the opportunity to work on everything from mark roundings, to tack and gybes, and some long lineups where we focused on boat speed. Their vast amounts of input and information they were able to share with us over the span of two days is something that I think I will always remember and that my sailing will forever be thankful for as well.