Sailor Q&A

Silja Frost, Helsinki, Finland

Silja has sailed all her life and is currently doing a complex project with her team: They are sailing Yngling as their main focus and match racing and skiffs for fun and to expand their knowledge on taktics and sailing in general. Silja an her team started their year well with a win at the JP Morgan Asset Mangement Winter Challenge. Check out her website,www.siljalehtinen.com

QUESTION: Do you have any nicknames?
ANSWER: Not any that I know of

QUESTION: Are you superstitious?
ANSWER: No

QUESTION: If you were a dog, what kind of dog would you be?
ANSWER: Wow, I guess I wasn’t paying attention when dogs were the subject in English…. and Biology classes, can’t tell you, sorry!

QUESTION: Favorite part of match racing?
ANSWER: Finishing (first) after a tight match.

QUESTION: Name your dream team and who you would like to be racing against in a final series?
ANSWER: My own team against Leroy ;)

QUESTION: Who has had the most influence on your life?
ANSWER: My dad

QUESTION: Who is your biggest fan?
ANSWER: Heikki Laine, our coach’s father, welcomed us to the shore with roses and strawberries in Miami.

QUESTION: Who is your sailing idol?
ANSWER: Thomas Johanson

QUESTION: If you were going to create a reality TV show what would it be about?
ANSWER: People’s normal lives…. It usually is a show itself.

QUESTION: If you were a superhero, what power would you have?
ANSWER: I could fly.

QUESTION: What was your best subject in school?
ANSWER: Math.

QUESTION: Who taught you to sail and how old were you?
ANSWER: My dad, 4 years.

QUESTION: What is your favorite ride at an amusement park?
ANSWER: Used to be the craziest ones….. but now it probably would be the big, slow, wheel - whatever you call it

QUESTION: What is your most annoying habit?
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QUESTION: Besides sailing what is your favorite sport?
ANSWER: Badminton and cross country skiing

QUESTION: What is the best thing about your home town?
ANSWER: Friends and family and its size; It’s big enough that you can find everything but small enough to walk everywhere.

QUESTION: If you could travel to anywhere in the world where would it be?
ANSWER: New Zealand

QUESTION: What is the most important item in your ditty bag?
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QUESTION: What is one thing that you feel WIMRA could do for you?
ANSWER: Make an interesting and active forum that would promote women’s match racing and make it better known for all sailors. It is a great way of sailing and more teams could easily enjoy it.