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Event Report, Laser, Team RoosterStepping up to the Laser Radial
After a fantastic summer racing the Laser 4.7 fleet in the UK and overseas, following this year’s Laser 4.7 Nationals in Abersoch it was time step up and into the Radial. In theory it should...
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Hints and Tips, Laser, Team Rooster2017 Laser 4.7 World Championships
The 2017 Laser 4.7 World Championships were held at Nieuwpoort in Belgium between the 16th and 24th July. The event attracted the top sailors from 43 countries, with an entry of 235 boys and 115...
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Laser, Team RoosterLaser 4.7’s – the journey so far and looking ahead to 2017
The transition to a new class is always exciting but also a potentially challenging time. After three fantastic years in the Optimist class, April this year was the start of my transition into the Laser...
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Event Report, Laser, Team RoosterLaser 4.7 Inlands 2016
The 2016 Laser 4.7 Inlands were held at the Rutland Water Sailing club over the weekend of 29th and 30th October. The event was run alongside the Radial and Standards and was also intended to...
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Event Report, Laser, Team Rooster2016 Laser 4.7 Nationals
The 2016 Laser 4.7 Nationals were held at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy between the 7th and 12th of August. This year’s event was graced with good weather all week and generally fantastic sailing...
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Optimist, Team RoosterBowmoor Optimist and Youth Camp 2016
The May half-term holiday saw over 50 young sailors arrive at Bowmoor Sailing Club for the annual Optimist and Youth sailing camp. This year I was helping to coach one of the advanced Optimist groups. ...
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Event Report, Laser, Team RoosterLaser 4.7 Ladder event – Rutland
The Laser 4.7 fleet travelled to Rutland over the weekend of 8th & 9th of May for the latest Ladder event, which was run in parallel with the RYA Eric Twiname championships. The event coincided...
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Event Report, Optimist, Team RoosterOptimist World Championship 2015 – Dziwnow, Poland
Being part of the GBR team for the 2015 Optimist World championships was definitely the highlight of the year for me. In the build up to the regatta we raced as a team at a...
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Optimist, RS Feva, Team RoosterTeam Racing- Oxford and Berlin
Just had a couple of weekends of Team Racing, the first being the Eric Twiname Team Racing Championships held at Farmoor near Oxford. Then the Opti Team Cup, which was held at Potsdamer Yacht Club,...
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Event Report, Optimist, RoosterOptimist Nationals Pwllheli 2015
I’ve just got back from Pwllheli after a week of racing for the Optimist Nationals followed by a week of helping on the committee boat at the 29er Nationals. . The Optimist Nationals had a...
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