Sailboarding at the Summer Olympics Sailboarding at the Summer Olympics Sailboarding or Windsurfing has been one of the Olympic sailing events at the Summer Olympics since 1984 for men and 1992 for women. All sailors use the same One Design boards, daggerboards, fins and sails. The equipment is chosen to allow racing in a wide range of sailing conditions, as during the Olympic Games events must take place as scheduled whether or not there is enough wind for planing. Multiple medal winners include Alessandra Sensini and Barbara Kendall with three medals; and Bruce Kendall (brother of Barbara Kendall) and Dorian van Rijsselberghe with two medals.
Charlotte Sometimes (novel) Charlotte Sometimes (novel) Charlotte Sometimes is a children's novel by the English writer Penelope Farmer, published in 1969 by Chatto & Windus in the UK, and by Harcourt in the United States. It is the third and best known of three books featuring the Makepeace sisters, Charlotte and Emma. The three are sometimes known as the "Aviary Hall" books. "Charlotte Sometimes" inspired the song of the same name by the English rock band, The Cure. The story centres on a girl called Charlotte, who not long after starting at a boarding school, finds she has travelled mysteriously back more than