Top 18 footer team gets a youthful injection



8:10 AM Mon 24 Aug 2009 GMT
'L to R: Dave Healy, Luke Gower, Chris Skinner' Katrina Webster Click Here to view large photo

Chris Skinner and Dave Healy have high expectations for their upcoming 18ft Skiff season, and they've brought in 23 year old Luke Gower on mainsheet to help make it happen.

Skinner has a wealth of experience in 12ft and 18ft Skiffs and is predicting a much better result at the 2010 JJ Giltinan trophy than the 11th he got sailing with Healy and Chris Burgess as Quantum Sails NZ last season.

While they then went onto win the ANZAC regatta, the team felt they had under performed in 2008/09. Gower is no stranger to performing at top level, having won a number of national titles including the 2003 Starling nationals. His enthusism towards the campaign is evident,




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