George Yeoman, Author at Rooster blog

George Yeoman

George sails out of Itchenor SC in West Sussex and mainly competes in the RS200, i14 and Team Racing circuits. He won the Merlin Rocket Nationals and was Runner-up in the RS200 Nationals, has won the UK 2-boat and 3-boat Team Racing National titles and the Wilson Trophy. His favourite piece of Rooster kit is the SuperTherm Longjohn and he also enjoys Skiing, squash and cycling.

Team Rooster, Yachting
Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup 2017

The Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup is a biennial event hosted by the NYYC in Newport, Rhode Island in September at its Harbour Court Clubhouse. The Invitational Cup is a regatta for yacht...
By George Yeoman

8th November 2017
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Event Report, Events & Results, Foiling, I14, Kit Bag
International 14 – Prince of Wales Cup 2017

The i14 Nationals was held in Rock, Cornwall this year. Whilst the fleet was made up of 23 boats, 5 of them were in the top 10 at the most recent World Championships at Carnac...
By George Yeoman

22nd September 2017
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I14, RS 200, Team Rooster
Summer update

It has been a busy start to the season so far. HISC RS200 Open Hayling played host to 48 boats for the Summer Championships. This was our first 200 event of the year in a...
By George Yeoman

15th August 2017
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Event Report, Hints and Tips, Team Racing
Team Racing 101: Part 3, By George Yeoman

Downwind The downwind is often the leg that decides the race. The chasing team are able to blanket the leading boats and slow them to the point one of their team mates can go around...
By George Yeoman

19th June 2017
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Event Report, Hints and Tips, Team Racing
Team Racing 101: Part 2, By George Yeoman

First beat The first thing to do once you are going to work up the first beat is assess who your pair is, this is usually the person who is your starting rival, but if...
By George Yeoman

9th June 2017
3 3409 3
Event Report, Hints and Tips, Team Racing
Team Racing 101: Part 1 – By George Yeoman, 2017 Wilson Trophy Champion

The Wilson Trophy is the pinnacle of the UK team racing scene. It is the one event that people want to win, maybe even more so than the Nationals, which has led the “British Open...
By George Yeoman

24th May 2017
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Hints and Tips, RS 200, Team Rooster, Tuning Guide
How to set up a new RS200….plus a few tweaks

Winter is the time for fixing and upgrading your boat. It’s not always the most fun thing to do but definitely worth it when the season comes. We have recently been sorting our new RS200...
By George Yeoman

13th March 2017
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Event Report, RS 200, Team Rooster
RS200 Nationals – Mounts Bay

Photo Credit: Sportography.tv The last championship of the summer was the RS200 Nationals at Mounts Bay, where 96 teams turned up to a very breezy Penzance bay, with gusts of 40 knots recorded on Saturday....
By George Yeoman

1st September 2016
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Event Report, Events & Results, Rooster, RS 200, Team Rooster
Summer so far

It’s been a busy summer so far to say the least. Following on from my week at the i14 Nationals POW (see my blog on that here) I headed to the Morgan Cup team racing...
By George Yeoman

22nd August 2016
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Event Report, Events & Results, Team Rooster
International 14 – Prince of Wales Cup

Last week saw the i14 National Championship at Hayling Island SC, the Prince of Wales Cup (POW for short). The week is made up of separate trophies each day to make up the Championship week,...
By George Yeoman

21st June 2016
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Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup 2017

The Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup is a biennial event hosted by the NYYC in Newport, Rhode Island in September at its Harbour Court Clubhouse. The Invitational Cup is a regatta for yacht...

International 14 – Prince of Wales Cup 2017

The i14 Nationals was held in Rock, Cornwall this year. Whilst the fleet was made up of 23 boats, 5 of them were in the top 10 at the most recent World Championships at Carnac...

Summer update

It has been a busy start to the season so far. HISC RS200 Open Hayling played host to 48 boats for the Summer Championships. This was our first 200 event of the year in a...

Team Racing 101: Part 3, By George Yeoman

Downwind The downwind is often the leg that decides the race. The chasing team are able to blanket the leading boats and slow them to the point one of their team mates can go around...

Team Racing 101: Part 2, By George Yeoman

First beat The first thing to do once you are going to work up the first beat is assess who your pair is, this is usually the person who is your starting rival, but if...

Team Racing 101: Part 1 – By George Yeoman, 2017 Wilson Trophy Champion

The Wilson Trophy is the pinnacle of the UK team racing scene. It is the one event that people want to win, maybe even more so than the Nationals, which has led the “British Open...

How to set up a new RS200….plus a few tweaks

Winter is the time for fixing and upgrading your boat. It’s not always the most fun thing to do but definitely worth it when the season comes. We have recently been sorting our new RS200...

RS200 Nationals – Mounts Bay

Photo Credit: Sportography.tv The last championship of the summer was the RS200 Nationals at Mounts Bay, where 96 teams turned up to a very breezy Penzance bay, with gusts of 40 knots recorded on Saturday....

Summer so far

It’s been a busy summer so far to say the least. Following on from my week at the i14 Nationals POW (see my blog on that here) I headed to the Morgan Cup team racing...

International 14 – Prince of Wales Cup

Last week saw the i14 National Championship at Hayling Island SC, the Prince of Wales Cup (POW for short). The week is made up of separate trophies each day to make up the Championship week,...

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