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Event Report, Events & Results, RS 200, Team RoosterWilson Trophy 2016
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...
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Event Report, Events & Results, RS 200, Team RoosterUKTRA National Championships 2016
The UK Team Racing Association National Championships were run over the weekend of the 12/13 March at Bough Beech SC. Soph and I were sailing with our team the Birdham Bandits and coming off the...
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Event Report, RS 200, Team Rooster, UncategorisedTeam Racing keeps you sharp over the winter!
So far the winter has been fairly windy, with most fleet racing events that we have tried to take part in being called off. However, we tend to take a different route over the winter,...
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Merlin Rocket, Rooster, RS 200, Team RoosterWhat a year!
The 2015 season has come to an end and it is gutting to think that I am going to have to wait another 6 months before the next Championship season starts up again. This year...
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Event Report, Merlin Rocket, Rooster, RS 200, Team RoosterMerlin Rocket Nationals – Whitstable YC
Last week I sailed in the Merlin Rocket National Championships in Whitstable, Kent crewing for Ben Saxton. It also happened to be the 70th anniversary of the Merlin Rocket and it seemed only right that there were about 70 entries for the event! These boats are serious bits of kit with the ability to adjust … Read More
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Hints and Tips, RS 200, Team RoosterRS 200 Nationals at SCYC, Abersoch
Photo: (c) Toby Adamson/ ProAction The RS200 Nationals this year were held at South Caenarvonshire Yacht Club in Abersoch, North Wales, and it is a stunning venue! The sailing club is built into a cliff over looking the beach where all the boats sit in front of the beach huts. If I’m being picky it … Read More
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Rooster, RS 200, Team RoosterGetting ready for the Nationals!
The National championship is often a highlight on the sailing calendar for any class. A week of sailing in a new (often beachy) venue, with people you haven’t seen in a while (the North/South divide is broken) and parties throughout the event which often end in a little over excitement (depending on how the racing went … Read More
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RS 200, Team RoosterRS200 Southern Championships, Parkstone YC
Last weekend was the RS200 Southern Championships held by Parkstone YC with 40 boats turning up to take part in a great training event for the Nationals. The race course was set not far off the beach which meant that there were choppy and shifty conditions making it a tough track. Read More
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Rooster, RS 200, Team RoosterItchenor RS200 Open
There are a couple of opens that really draw the 200 fleet out and we are lucky that one of them is our home event at Itchenor. We had 39 boats racing over the weekend and it was also the first real trial of the new sails vs the old style. Read More
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Rooster, RS 200, Team Rooster
And now for something completely different…
I have taken a short break from 200 sailing this month. Recently I have acquired an international 14 which is renowned to be one of the more difficult and time consuming boats to sail. However, with Itchenor as my home club it is a complete no brainer. Whilst I have not managed to get out … Read More
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