• Team Rooster

    UK Laser Radial Nationals day 1

    By Susannah Pyatt NZL Awesome first day at the UK Laser Radial Nationals! The wind came in strong as forecast sitting between 15-20knots gusting up to 25knots. Typical English summer so we had rain most...

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    A little mentioned problem

    A few times I’ve come to the last race of a championship with only two of us in with a chance of winning. This invariably leads to the fun that is a sailing down. The first thing to do is to congratulate yourself on getting to that position, you’ve done well, and then wonder how …   Read More

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    The highs and lows of sailing

    Since my last post things have been a bit mixed. I think I have sailed well but it has not always gone to plan. After the Tera Start of Seasons it was back to the Topper for the Inlands at Gratham. Day one went well with two seconds and a fifth, this saw me as …   Read More

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    Moving on………again

    It was only a year and a half ago that I wrote a blog about moving into the Radial after the 4.7 Europeans. Sailing a Radial was a whole different game to the 4.7, not...

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    Tera Start of Season Championships

    Last weekend was the Rs Tera Start of season championships, as I am planning on doing the Rs Tera worlds I thought it would be a good opportunity to get some time racing in the...

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    Winter Update

    Last autumn I was selected for The Topper National Racing Squad (a combination of National Youth Squad and National Junior Development Squad) after my first year of competing in the bigger 5.3 rig. Over the...

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    Lake Garda

    Two years ago I went to the Lake Garda Easter Optimist competition where the sun was shining and there was 20knts of wind everyday. This strong wind, which “swiches on” at about 10 o’clock every morning, is called the ora, the ora is created but the sun shining on the surrounding alps.   Read More

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    Topper National Series 1

    This event was one of those events I was not looking forward too, even the night before. With strong winds predicted and rain on the first day it was not going to be nice, but hopefully with the national event debut for my new rooster sailing kit I should be alright.   Read More

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    Rs Feva joint squad weekend HISC

    Last weekend Emily and I from the National Junior Squad were joined by seventy Feva’s  from across the country battling the freezing temperatures to take part in the joint Rs Feva squad training weekend. Despite the high winds we had to make the most of the rare opportunity to practice long line starts & trapezoid …   Read More

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    Rooster SuperTherm

    Hi, just had my favorite event of the year, the Frampton SW Open. The reason this event is so great is the laid back atmosphere and the range of abilities, from world champions to people...

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