• Laser,  Team Rooster

    Learning How to Fly!

    Photo (C) Paul Wakelin. Lots has happened since my last post! The RYA Youth Nationals back in April was a very fickle, light wind event, and I was happy to come away with a 6th place in the Radial fleet, ensuring me coach support as part of a funded team for the Laser Radial Europeans. …   Read More

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    Crashes and injuries!

    I fell off my road bike yesterday. Well it was more of a crash! From this there are several important lessons: don’t pull into a bus lane at 42km/h (you’ll end up on the floor),...

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  • Laser,  Team Rooster

    Autumn Radial Sailing

    It’s been a while since my last post and a lot has happened! As Autumn started to descend upon Great Britain, the Laser fleet’s racing calendar woke back up for the Autumn Qualifiers, which all turned out to be fantastically fun events, with a great attendance – all the Olympic girls plus the usual adults …   Read More

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  • Team Rooster

    Summer of Sailing and Laser Nationals

    It’s been a while since my last post and a lot has happened! After completing my GCSEs, a summer of sailing began, with the aim of stepping my sailing up a level for the Youth Squad qualifiers in the Autumn. The Laser Radial Youth Europeans in a beautiful Denmark provided the first challenge, especially as …   Read More

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  • Team Rooster

    Laser Video!

    Here’s a little video I made of some fun training I did at Queen Mary in 15-20 knots! Fully clad in Rooster kit as always 🙂  

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  • Team Rooster

    RYA Youth Nationals!

    The Youths are over for another year and they were truly amazing! Nearly 400 sailors poured down to Weymouth for an intense week of racing, with squad places up for grabs, ISAF Youth World places to be selected, and reputations at stake. This was my first Youths of a proper Radial season, as last year …   Read More

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    Sailing on your own can be good too!

    A lot has happened since my last post! After a long and tough selection process, I finally achieved my yearly goal of getting into the RYA Radial Transitional Squad 2013/2014, which I was of course...

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  • Team Rooster

    Hayling Training with Steve!

    Training in my Radial at Hayling has provided massive learning curves and progress over this last year. Sharon Houston put in the effort to form first a Topper training group, and now a Radial training group, for young sailors to access great coaches, and also train against other committed and very talented sailors. The trainings …   Read More

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  • Team Rooster

    The Rooster Control Lines are Epic!

    So the control lines I got which came with my new boat started to fray, and this next season was a critical one, so I decided it was time for change. My old control lines were mainly dyneema for the primary, and then some average control line rope common on a lot of Lasers for …   Read More

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  • Team Rooster

    Topper Nationals

    So, my last Topper event is over! The Topper Nationals was an absolutely fantastic event, with the whole 16 race series completed. We arrived three days prior to the event on Wednesday for two days of squad training with my squad, the Topper National Intermediate Squad, to get back in the zone and pick up …   Read More

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