Can CU Boulder be my next step
First impressions from my trip out to CU Boulder are positive. Anyone who follows and supports my campaign knows that I do not fit the typical profile of someone competing for the Olympic Sailing Team. While my competition, teammates and friends are all in...
The Carnival Cruise Line Superbowl Commercials were impressive
While watching the superbowl commercials for Carnival Cruise Line last night impressed me because of what it said This advertisement was creative in the use of a speech from JFK that talked about the fact that we are all committed to the sea and how we have the...
Looking ahead to Rio 2016 Games
Racing in Olympic Class regattas tells you a lot about the health of your training and the direction you are headed. I must evaluate changes as I continue to look towards the Rio 2016 Games! Over the past several weeks I have been focused on developing...
Learning About More Than Just Olympic Sailing
Being involved in a full time campaign involves a lot more than simply Olympic Sailing and training in venues around the globe, it touches every part of your life. When I started sailing at the age of 8 I pictured myself on the starting line of an...
Sailing World Cup Miami Preparations
Constantly training to be at our best for the Sailing World Cup Regatta in Miami Competing against the best athletes in the world at the Sailing World...
Ties to Campaign Fundraising
It is time to look at our Ties to Campaign Fundraising and how we are making it happen. When it comes to funding and Olympic Sailing Campaign, you have to understand the nature of expenses and how training, competitive advantage and results are tied to...
LYC Youth Sailing Foundation Dinner with Jimmy Spithill
This week I attended the LYC Youth Sailing Foundation dinner with Jimmy Spithill. When people who are into sailing hear the name Jimmy Spithill today they immediately think of the greatest comeback in all of sports history when he won the 34th America's Cup regatta...
David Hein is featured in FLVS Monthly Newsletter
David Hein is a full time high school student working towards academic excellence while focused on winning olympic Gold. David lives an active and busy life for a high school senior. Training for the 2016 Olympics is a full-time commitment and requires...
Please Support our efforts to win Olympic Gold
We love what we do and we are focused on winning Olympic Gold in 2016 but we need your help. Even though we absolutely love what we are doing, I mean who wouldn't love to be sailing in warm water with sunshine, wind and everything that goes along with that; but...
Memory Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
It was a long time before I was born but the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald made an impression on my life. Growing up on the Great Lakes it is hard to get away from the presence of the commercial benefits of the lakes. We see freighters on the lakes on a...
Message In A Bottle From Two Serious Athletes
We are not stuck on an Island but here is our message in a bottle! You may be the one person who can help. Please support the efforts of David and Jessica as they work every day to break the mould and work to become the worlds next Olympic Champions and bring...
Olympics, Sailing, Goals, Life and Dreams For the Future
Each and every day I think about the 2016 Olympics in Rio and plan my activities to make sure I will be there! After a long night of homework, I woke up before dawn this morning and went for a bike ride to get my heart beating and to pedal off some of the stress I...
Not Exactly Living the South Beach Lifestyle
When most people think of sailing, they think of the South Beach lifestyle and late nights at the clubs. Clubbing, driving hundred thousand dollar cars, cruising the strip in the Art Deco district and hanging out with Fiona and Michael (you get it if you are a fan of...
Learn a Little about Jessica Claflin
You know Jessica Claflin is a part of the FollowMeToRio campaign, so now is a good time to learn more about her. At 23 years old, Jessica Claflin dreams of representing the USA in the 2016 Olympics. Jessica doesn’t believe you should simply DREAM BIG,...
Get to know David Hein
David Hein has been managing this Olympic Campaign for three years and we thought it was the right time to give you an update/refresher on who he is. David Hein is a 17 year old athlete who believes that you get out of life exactly what you put into it. A...
Back in Miami for Olympic Sailing
Training for the Olympics is a full time commitment which means we have to sail all winter to achieve our goals. Miami is the best location for winter training when it comes to Olympic Sailing. ...
Staying Focused On The Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympics in Rio will be here in only 673 days and we are focused on Gold. 673 days may seem like a really long time but the reality of it is that the time is passing by fast and in no time at all the Summer Olympics will be upon us and we will all be...
What’s Going On and our Crowdfunding with Dreamfunda
Cold Training in Newport and our Crowdfunding program. Yesterday we went out in the foggy,light air on Newport Harbor in just under 5 knots of breeze. We spent about 1.5 hours on the water just to check it out but the current was ripping so we...
Our Quest For An Olympic Gold Medal
Our goal of winning an Olympic Gold Medal drives everything we do! From the moment we wake up each morning and until our brains shut down on our pillow at night we are thinking about what we need to accomplish our goals which will lead us to winning Olympic Gold...
Discipline To Turn Dreams Into Reality
Jessica and David have the discipline to turn their dreams into reality for the 2016 Olympic Games. Vince Lombardi once said "Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly,...
Company That Understands the Value of Persistence
Delta Lloyd is a company that many sailors know because of their long standing support of our sport, but what is the reason for their persistence in a sport that many ignore? Sailing is a sport that requires dedication, perseverance, hard work...
Training in Newport
We are well underway on our training in Newport, RI! Arriving in Newport after sailing for a week in Cleveland in heavy breeze and warm Lake Erie waters was a bit of a shock to the system. But we are young and can quickly adjust to what is waiting for us everywhere we...
Jessica Claflin Sailing Featured on NewportRI.com
We are excited to see increased coverage for Jessica Claflin and her Olympic efforts as featured in www.NewportRI.com A recount of the article about Jessica Claflin and her efforts to go to the Rio Olympics with partner David Hein is below. You can read the...
Olympic NACRA 17 Training in Cleveland, Ohio
We have wrapped up our Olympic NACRA 17 training at The Cleveland Yachting Club in Rocky River, Ohio. My beginnings in the sport of sailing were here on Lake Erie. I still remember my first day of Sail Camp at CYC when I was only 8 years old. The excitement was...
Jessica Claflin Joins FollowMeToRio Campaign for GOLD
Jessica Claflin knows where the Gold is in Rio and is determined to bring it home on the NACRA17. There are a lot of ways to define success in an Olympic Campaign. Some athletes sail a campaign simply to challenge themselves and to see how they compare to the...
Cleveland Benefit, New Beginning and Focus on GOLD
The past week was filled with new beginnings. We had our Benefit at the Cleveland Yachting Club, Announced the new partnership between David Hein and Jessica Claflin, Began our training program on Lake Erie and recentered our focus on GOLD medals in Rio 2016! The...
Our Cleveland Benefit Is Tonight
Tonight is the night of our big benefit dinner at the Cleveland Yachting Club in Rocky River, Ohio. Sailing an Olympic campaign has been a huge learning experience up to this point. Everything from learning how to plan a budget for my expenses to coordinating...
Teaching to Learn in the NACRA 17
This weekend at NACRA 17 Nationals here in Oyster Bay, New York I have been sailing with Chris who is new to the boat and that gives me the ability to be teaching to learn and I am realizing I am learning much more than I expected here at Oakcliff Sailing. The NACRA...
It all started in Rocky River, Ohio
As I sit here surrounded by the countries top sailors in Oyster Bay, New York I can't help but think about my beginnings in this sport back home in Rocky River, Ohio. I can remember when I was 7 years old and my siblings were getting ready to go to sail camp at...
NACRA 17 Nationals at Oakcliff
Spending my summer at Oakcliff Sailing has been an eye opening experience that I will talk about in depth in another post, but this weekend the entire US NACRA 17 fleet is in town for the National Championships. Because I have not yet spent time training with...