For most athletes, winning an international championship comes after years of experience. For Jamaican para sailor Andre Daley, it came during his very first competitive sailing event.

Daley has etched his name into the annals of the country’s sporting history as the Jamaica Paralympic Association’s (JPA) first para sailor, claiming victory at the inaugural World Sailing Caribbean Inclusive Sailing Championship in Antigua and Barbuda.

Competing alongside his coach, Emma Paull, Daley rose above a field of sailors representing Chile, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and St Kitts and Nevis during the three-day championship. The Jamaican pair dominated the competition, winning seven of the 10 races in the round-robin series to secure the historic title.