Sarah Newberry and David Liebenberg are campaigning for the 2020 Olympics in the NEW foiling Nacra 17

Sarah Newberry and David Liebenberg upwind foiling on the Nacra 17.

Returning to stage three years after her first TEDx talk, Sarah will share how this event inspired her to pursue the United States' Olympic Development Team. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

David is a member of the American Youth Sailing Force that was formed first and foremost with the goal of representing the United States in the RedBull Youth America's Cup. The AYSF team represents the highest level of youth sailing in America and aims to prove that with steady determination, hard work and passion young American sailors can be a leading force on the international sailing circuit.

You get the immediate sense when you meet the crew of D&D Racing, they are on a mission and won't be distracted by the pitfalls and shortcomings of recent US lack of success in Olympic Sailing in general and the 49er class in particular. With only a Bronze medal at 2000 Sydney Games via the McKee brothers in the 49ers debut year, Three cycles since have been a complete drought. Dan Morris and David Liebenberg are well aware of the circumstances and the long road to hoe it will be to change the status quo. With funding and monetary support inferior to many of the top teams just a fraction of what other countries offer their athletes are assisted with, it's a challenge both off and on the water. At 27 and 24 years of age respectively, the college grads with lengthy sailing resumes, embody a very serious tone to their program, and are willing to put in the hard work and sacrifices that need to be made in order to succeed. This is not a one and done project, they have put aside 6 years to achieve their objective. Following the 2016 Rio Games, the pair will set their sights immediately on the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. Their recipe for success incorporates intense training and competing against the best in the world. To beat the best, you need rise to their level. After conducting a lengthy interview with David & Dan , it's hard not to believe they have the ability to change the recent course of US 49er success!

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John Casey, who has been helping out with development of the Motive 25R, and racing partner, Sarah Newberry, take a break from training on the Olympic class, Nacra 17, to push the new Motive 25R trimaran to 23.5 knots, exploding one of our 'off the shelf' rudder heads!, just before our videographer showed up. Here's a short iphone clip though, catching some of the action. F18 designer, Matt McDonald is developing new rudders for the Motive 25R, and we should be back up and running in a few weeks. This was our first time on the water since narrowing the overall beam and raising the water stays. We also switched from lashings to turnbuckles for the water stays, which greatly stiffened the platform. Motive Trimarans is proud to support Newberry/Casey in their 2016 Olympic campaign, and wish them continued success at the 2013, Nacra 17 Worlds in Holland. motive trimarans.com

Sarah Newberry and John Casey (USA) have set the early pace in the Nacra 17 at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami. We caught up with them in Miami to talk about their great start to life in the mixed multihull as they begin to dream of Rio 2016