Applications are now CLOSED! Thanks to everyone who applied, we’ve had some epic #InYourElement stories from far and wide, including an application from a rooster called Steve. Missed out? – subscribe to the Rooster blog...
Six days of racing lay ahead of us for the 420 Junior Europeans 2017. Gemma and I had trained with our team for four days prior to the event, each day of our training we...
It is a little known fact that the search for perfection is over. To be honest it ended precisely 50 years ago when a little factory in the Netherlands gave birth to a 670kg 17-foot...
I’m just on my way to Weymouth for an Optimist squad camp having achieved my main goal of the season, which was to get selected! My Dad, Steve Irish, is a world class coach and...
The new Rooster® Lace Tidy® has been announced by the DAME design award jury as a nominee in the clothing and crew accessories category, 2017. The DAME design awards are organised every year as part...
If you’re sailing at junior level you may think that as autumn approaches the season draws to a close, but if you’re enjoying your sailing and want to improve, winter can be the best time...
The first Topper National Series of 2017-18 took place in Poole Harbour on a sunny Saturday morning, hanging around with my friends and my brother Ollie. After an hour postponement, due to light wind, we...
After unknowingly being given the nickname ‘Pocket-Rocket’, published on both the main event web page and in Yachts and Yachting, which I only found out about the day before the event, I now had to...
Hi there my adoring fans. It’s Snitchy, the RS Aero, checking in after my Once-A-Week outing. I’m a little boat in mourning for the glorious flag-cracking, solar punching days of summer (and getting out more...
Here are some ingenious tips and tricks to make your kit bag work harder for you this winter without breaking the bank. TIP #1: Cold Hands and Feet Your trusty sailing gloves and boots haven’t...