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    New Rooster AeroMesh Visor brings out the Sun..but very little wind!

    Over the recent Chichester YC Snowflake weekends the south coast has had mild temperatures and light winds due to a number of high pressure systems over the south west. With another high pressure in charge right in the middle of the UK, it was reported that last Sunday temperatures reached over 16 deg C and …   Read More

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    The Mighty Sponge

    I have just competed in my first National event of 2012 the Topper Winter Regatta. This saw 179 sailors mainly between the ages of 11 and 17 but also with a few adults thrown in for good measure. The event took place at Weymouth the Olympic sailing venue. My first race went well seeing me …   Read More

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    RS200 Chris Pickles – 1st Blog….

    Hi all, I’m Chris Pickles, aka Pix, this is my first post on the Rooster Blog. I am currently a member of Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club after being a member of Delph SC for several years. I have sailed since the age of 8 (currently 30 something) in a variety of classes including Mirrors, Toppers, …   Read More

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    Perisher :)

    Perisher week 2 Race 1 The frost was out in force this morning perhaps leaving some people to stay in bed.There was a turn out of around 12 (I think). Most people were using a full rig but I thought a jump from 4.7 to full is not always advised, so I opted for the …   Read More

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    Virtually sailing

    I have just realised what I have been missing for the last season, what I am talking about is sailx a virtual inshore racing game which is tactics and strategy orientated. I have been playing...

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    Winter towing antics.

    I had been anticipating Sailing this weekend for an interesting start to the season and ready to report on my winter sailing to everyone on the blog, as this would have been my first February Perisher series at Parkstone Yacht club. I was closely looking at the forecast hoping for medium winds of 12 knots -15knots.   Read More

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    Rooster Sailing Team supports local Winter Series Racing

    Snowflake Series Race 1 – January 8th 2012 Mild temperatures and light winds for start of Snowflake Series. With high pressure to the south west of the UK, & after the gales of the previous week, a light 4-5 knot breeze from the West South West direction greeted the 65 competitors for the first day …   Read More

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    Bloody Mary, Grafham GP & New 3DL Main…

    2 days of fantastic winter sailing less than a week apart. Obviously I would have liked more breeze (and possibly fewer moths turning up at the Bloody Mary), but you can’t have everything! Sunshine and a reasonable wind made 2 of my favourite handicap races even better.   Read More

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    Gross Underachievement!

    How hard can it be to read the course before you set off?! Richard and I went out for our last sail in the Fireball before Christmas in proper ‘winter’ conditions with Chimet showed gusts...

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    An end to an exciting season of 4.2

    Hi I’m Simon Page, I am a light 13 year old from Swanage Sailing Club and this is my first blog since I recently joined Team Rooster. I will be keeping you up to date on my...

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