Jessica left Sydney on Tuesday for the final build up to the Olympics games in Weymouth.
She has managed to recently pack on 2 kilos of lean muscle. Not bad considering she has been eating such things like broccoli for breakfast!
She is truly giving it everything she has got to be in contention for the medals.
Jessica is Australia's most successful sailor, she has won two PWA overall titles and this is her 4 Olympic games. Or 5th if you count the demonstration event at the LA games in 1984! Yes 1984, 28 years ago!
You can send her a message herehttp://www.australiansailingteam.com.au/default.asp?ID=4226
What a career she had.
Remember seeing her do her wares at Balmoral, like early 80s ?
Incredible longevity, at the top level too...
Have got tickets to see the sailing in Weymouth! Should be awesome. Go Jess!!!
Any word on whether they will send a male rep?
Good luck Jessica - I'll be rooting for you.
They'll have to find a way to make it entertaining.
A bunch of sails all going same tacks for half-hour is not very exciting on TV, even in fair winds.
Perhaps the jousting at the starting line, that's always good fun to watch (and partake in).
They will be sailing less than 2 miles from where I am typing this......
The Olympic organising commitee (locog) have taken over our public land, are putting up fences, not letting us locals see anything. Where we usually launch from at Portland Harbour has now been fenced around in the last couple of days so we cannot launch from there......the event is still a couple of months away as well! The olympics so far have pretty much destroyed the local town, all money has gone on roads and roadworks leaving the town centre like a ghost town with many boarded up shops as no-one was willing to wait for hours in traffic over the last year while they put in traffic lights that will change for the VIPs as they go through.
Obviously we will be supporting Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw here but if my gf could get the time off work we would be heading as far from here as possible while the olympics are on.
Hope you have a nice time here in Weymouth Sean, maybe they will get round to cleaning it up a bit in the next few months, at the moment I almost feel embarrassed that I live here it is that bad now.....It is still a great place dont get me wrong, it is just that the rich and those in control have made sure that all the visitors will line their pockets and leave the locals without a penny.
Think I saw her sailing in today on Portland Harbour, training hard and sailing well!
