Good feelings
Stuart Bithell laughs quietly at the suggestion that he is seen as one of Team GB’s most naturally gifted sailors, that he is one of those rare talents who quite simply makes boats go faster. “I try,” he replies with a chuckle.
Bithell, 33, originally from Rochdale in Manchester, will crew the 49er at the Tokyo Olympics next summer, with helm Dylan Fletcher. The two were rivals for years and Fletcher’s team beat Bithell’s to the sole British place at the Rio Games four years ago. After the Games, he and Bithell were competing against each other in a Moth regatta when they “had a
