Rick Peacock sails with John Pink in the high performance skiff.
Name: Rick Peacock
Date of birth: January 25 1986
Star sign: Aquarius
Place of birth: Solihul
Current hometown: Southampton
Nickname: Potter
First boat sailed and where? GP14 at Shustoke Sailing Club, Birmingham
Who got you into sailing? Family friend
Favourite boat? 49er
Biggest influence in your career to date? Other sailing partners
Your worst moment in your sailing career? Getting hit by 50 knots, wind against tide in the Solent and having the Coastguard helicopter hovering above
Best moment in your sailing career? Racing inside a reef in beautiful turquoise water in the Bahamas during the 2010 World Championships
Best sailing venue in the UK? Hayling Island
Best sailing venue in the World? Lake Garda
Most annoying rule in the sailing rule book? Having to judge three boat lengths at a mark to gain or give water
If you weren’t a professional sailor what else would you be? Millionaire!
How do you progress from a club sailor to an Olympic class sailor? Commitment, RYA squad system, a good sailing partner
What are your greatest passions outside of sailing? Most things active and outside
Has injury ever prevented you from sailing? Yes, I broke my leg in three places and snapped two ligaments in my other knee!
Most expensive sailing accident? Being T-boned in a 40ft yacht 10 metres from the finish
Football club you support? Don’t follow football really, I just watch the sociable big matches
Do you follow any other sports? F1
Any heroes? Not really, just many people I admire
What other sports do you play? Squash, road cycling and golf
What would you love to do but never have the time or money for it? I’d love to play the stock market and get rich
Worst habit? Delegating too much
What word or phrase most depicts your personality? A thinker
If you were a pantomime character who would it be? Peter Pan
So you have any lucky charms or rituals? No
If you had a theme song what would it be? Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop
Favourite reality show? Hate them
Name three things that are always in your shopping trolley? Milk, apples, squash
What was the last book you read? Chris Evans autobiography
What makes you angry? Selfish people
Dream holiday? Yachting around tropical islands on an Oyster 60 with family and friends, snorkeling at lunch and eating at a beach restaurant in the evening
What’s better about sailing than football? Nothing
Where do you keep your Olympic medals? In my imagination
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