Like climbing Mount Everest

When an Olympic sailing heavyweight says ‘I think going to the Olympics is rather like climbing an Everest’, you get a feel for the commitment and determination required to reach the top.

The Olympic Games is the pinnacle of sailing, also reaching an unrivalled number of sports fans. Stars are born on the journey through the Youth Sailing World Championships and into the Sailing World Cup, but they come of age at the Olympics. It’s where dreams come true, heroes are made and sailors become national property.
 
The narratives within each Olympiad are some of the most compelling you will find anywhere, and when even getting there is described as climbing the world’s highest peak you know the main event will be a blockbuster.