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RoosterVarnishing a carbon mast
I’m now of an age where my memory isn’t quite what it once was. At work, I have become highly skilled in feigning a detailed understanding of problems whilst frantically attempting to recall them from...
By Mark Riddington11 12004 7 -
Rooster
Five reasons to do a 300 open meeting
The 300 fleet had an Open Meeting at Bough Beech this weekend, its my first weekend open in the boat, and it was fantastic. I thought I’d write up a summary of why every 300...
By Mark Riddington0 2005 0 -
Rooster
Psychology of sailing – is it relevant to the club sailor?
So something a little different for the Rooster blog. Over the past season I’ve been taking an interest in the ‘psychology of sailing’, and thought I’d share some of my findings (‘share’ is a term I...
By Mark Riddington3 5499 3 -
Kit Bag, New Products
Pavlovian responses, and an unexpected opportunity to test the new SuperTherm gear
The forecast for Sunday from the met office was a f3-4 with occasional gusts to f5 round headlands. Not so in Chichester harbour! We had f4-5 with a little more in the gusts, which made...
By Mark Riddington0 2162 0 -
Rooster
RS300ing in Chichester Harbour
Last Friday was a rather cold and grey day, but it didn’t stop a few intrepid souls from having a short morning sail in Chichester harbour. Steve was keen to get back into an RS300 after a 5 year absence, Claire gets grumpy if she doesn’t sail at least once a week and needed a … Read More
By Mark Riddington0 1988 0 -
Rooster
Books for the aspiring Club Sailor
One of the difficulties of improving as a club sailor is time. We don’t have enough of it, and maximising the use of the time we do have is critical. Here are the draws on...
By Mark Riddington1 2700 1 -
Rooster
Why bother with video and GPS? Is it worth it?
Given the investment needed to buy a waterproof camera and GPS, a reasonable question is whether you get a return on that investment. For me, this boils down to a subjective judgement as to whether...
By Mark Riddington0 4485 4 -
Rooster
Creating videos with GPS overlay
There have been a couple of requests for more detail about how the video was made for the Boat Whisperer critique. So I thought I’d write a short summary of what is involved for those...
By Mark Riddington2 4665 1 -
RoosterThe trials of cold weather maintenance …..
One of the problems with cold weather maintenance is that epoxy is too viscous to mix and takes too long to cure. The minimum working temperature is 15 degrees or so, and its 5 outside...
By Mark Riddington0 1621 0 -
Rooster
A post about windsurfing. Have I posted to the right blog ?
So this is my first post on the Rooster blog. Steve was kind enough to ask me to join Team Rooster following his critique of my sailing last week, and I’m very happy to contribute. It’s a difficult thing this first post, as there are a whole bunch of great sailors who already post here, … Read More
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