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    A good day at the office..

    While Steve and Sarah in their Merlin had been playing out the fast fleet at the Chichester Snowflake Winter series, in the medium fleet I had been duelling with the other Solos, Nat12, Lasers and the odd Laser2000. Since the start of the series in January, every weekend it had been in excess of 15 …   Read More

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    2013 Winter Regatta

    The 2013 winter regatta was cold, wet and unpredictable. Being the first event of the season I was hoping for a good result. Weymouth as most sailors know was the Olympic sailing venue and is widely known for having stable wind, this was not the case. Shifty winds meant consistency was key. My first race …   Read More

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    A bit late but…… Contenders at the Bloody Mary 2013.

    Well I say Contenders but there was just me, which at least made my start very clear. Every year I look out of the window on the morning of the Bloody Mary and make my decision as to whether I’m going to put myself through it all. There needs to be at least a force …   Read More

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    So far so good

    Winter proper is fast approaching and the Toppering is over for another season so as I prepare for the Draycote Dash in the 200 I look back and think how good was my kit and...

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    Issy Black’s First Blog

    Last weekend we (Emma & Issy), took part in the RS Feva End of Seasons competing with nearly 50 other boats. There must have been around 100 RS class boats at Datchet. On Saturday there...

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    Autumn Regatta

    Last fortnight was the Topper Autumn Regatta/ End of seasons. Since the squads had been selected the week before and it was not part of the Craftinsure national series it was a competitive event with the sailors taking risks to get an all important top 5. I felt the event gave me the opportunity to …   Read More

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    Emma Bakers first blog

    My first blog is about my first Feva squad week!  I’m Emma Baker and I sail with Issy Black in a RS Feva.  As we haven’t been sailing a Feva for very long, we are pleased and surprised to have made the national squad. Last year Issy was in the South East Optimist Zone squad …   Read More

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    Rutland

    Hi, just come back from Rutland were I had my penultimate national event of the season. The first day was met with super shifty conditions and ten knots of wind.   Read More

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    Nope thats a Feva kite – Rs500s at Parkstone

    I haven’t really blogged in a long while, partly because I have been very busy with A levels, but there is much to report about sailing recently. After having a good Rs200 season,we decided to borrow an Rs500,which is a double-handed single trapeze dinghy for an Rs500 open event being held at our club. Upon the boats arrival we set …   Read More

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    Summer sailing events……

    Summer sailing 2012……. After returning home from another great summer of sailing I thought I would share some of the great events we have attended. Firstly was the 50th Lord Birkett memorial trophy on the 7th/8th July at Ullswater YC. The annual Lord Birkett event consists of two races (1 each day) the full length …   Read More

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