Double ambitions

Followers of performance sailing almost fell off their chairs earlier this autumn when Giles Scott didn’t win a regatta. Having dominated the Finn class for most of the past decade, the 33-year-old returned home to Portsmouth after September’s Finn Europeans in Poland with a rare silver.

“There is room for improvement there,” was Scott’s take on the matter, having had the flight home to reflect. “I am obviously disappointed at not having won the week but I’m not surprised at how competitive the racing was.

“It’s all fuel for next year and looking forward it