Helen used to race in non-disabled sailing events,
In the 400 class but soon became a para-sailor,
Of single 1-person keelboats 2.4mR, air vents,
They’re a very small 2.4 metre boats with rudder.
In 2006 Helena won a silver medal in Beijing city,
In the pre-olympic Test Event for taxing yngling,
And she proudly stood on, took the podium gritty,
Beside Annie Lush and Lucy MacGregor braving.
And she won the Paralympic Games in London,
As the first Brit to win gold at sailing, she dared,
So she was awarded the MBE 2013 for motion,
Has a BEng in yacht, power design, she cared.
Initially disappointed by third place in Rio, Brazil,
But when she mounted that valorous podium,
The sadness instantly ebbed away with the thrill,
Of achieving such a hard task against the sodium.
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