Xandi Paradeda, aka Careca, 2001 Snipe World Champion and Olympian (470)

– 1) Your first time on a sailing boat?

My first time on a sailing boat was when I was 5 with my father.

– 2) Your first time on a Snipe?

On 1st of January 86, when I was 13.

– 3) The most bizarre thing that happened in a regatta?

I had an attack of diarrhea on the waters of the Bahamas and we were the first on the downwind leg, I leaned over the edge and I unloaded it.

– 4) What is the thing that most angers you in a race/regatta?

When I make serious mistakes from lack of concentration.