KARYNA MANUEL, Great Britain

During 2015, we coached Karyna in the Laser Radial to become the top British Youth Sailor. She won medals at Europa Cups, finished 16th at the Youth Europeans, and 12th at the Youth Worlds. Karyna is a small and light sailor, and by adopting the correct techniques she consistently achieved the speed of top ten sailor in strong winds as well as in light to medium winds. Later she switched to the 49erFX and spent a few weeks with us, but suffered injuries (not through sailing) and is now in recovery.