I didn't grow up sailing. I played netball, softball and cross country. I loved sport, but I never imagined what it would take to pursue a world stage dream. Then one day my son told me he wanted to become a world class athlete and everything changed. At his first regatta, my son had been sailing an optimist, a small bath tub like boat for a few months. He did quite well given he had not come through the stages of sailing in a club. At the end of the regatta he announced to his Father and I...