Tom Janidlo (CAN 752)

Name: Tom Janidlo
Sail No: CAN 752
Country: Canada
Sailing Club: Nepean Sailing Club, Ottawa
Weight: 190
Height: 6 feet
Age: 37

Number of years sailing (and on what)? 6 years, mostly racing 505s.

Number of years sailing the contender? 0, just got it in September and have sailed it 3 times.

Why did you get on the Contender? Cool boat, needed a single hander to train for my 505 campaign and couldn’t stand doing it in a laser.

Number of Worlds? 0, but I’ll be doing Contender and 505 Worlds in 2008.

Favourite Worlds Moment? Saving this for Kingston.

Favourite Food? Poutine.

How do you keep in shape? Poutine, Bench pressing daughters Fiona 5 and Philippa 2.

Stupidest thing you've done on the boat? Haven’t had it long enough to have anything interesting...

Goals for the 2008 Worlds? Finish every race, don’t finish last. Top Ottawa boat!

What you'd like to do/see at the 2008 Worlds? See something other than transoms, bring on that bullet proof Kingston thermal.