• Event Report,  Laser

    Bart’s Bash at Dalgety

    We held our Bart’s Bash at Dalgety yesterday, which was a great success and ended a weekend of great sailing, with the emphasis on newcomers, novice and youth sailors. I sailed the Skiff, which was...

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  • Team Rooster

    Musto Skiffing

    I had my first go in my Musto Skiff last week and my second go. I had taken it over to Dalgety and carefully rigged it, trying not to tangle too much and referring to...

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  • Laser

    Dalgety Lasers

    Last weekend the Scottish Laser Travellers series came to Dalgety Bay for their latest regatta. The Sun shone, of course and we had great wind, if a bit shifty on Saturday. It was a really busy regatta, with 120 boats spread over six classes including novice and development fleets. The biggest fleet were the Teras, …   Read More

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  • Laser

    Time for a Change

    Last Wednesday was the last evening race for this year and it seems to have come just too quickly. It has suddenly become quite dark very soon after we finished and driving home in the dark seems quite strange. Still, in a few months driving in daylight will seem odd so I’ll not complain. I …   Read More

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  • Laser

    It’s Official – the Windiest Year for Two Decades

    Well I think we had worked that one out and it seems to concentrate on weekends! http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scotland-weather-2015-windiest-year-in-decades-1-3841489 It’s probably going to end up the wettest July for a few years too and August doesn’t look much better. It has meant I am getting great use out of my Rooster ThermaFlex Top, it really is perfect …   Read More

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  • Laser

    Bad Weather

    I had hoped I would have been doing a good deal of sailing and been really getting into the season. Instead I seem to be spending far too much time watching the wind blown water cancelling another sailing day. It was meant to be the East Lothian regatta last weekend but with 50+ gusts on …   Read More

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  • Laser,  Team Rooster

    Cold Loch Earn

    It was the first of the Laser Scottish Travellers for this season last weekend, over at Loch Earn. Most significantly it was Pete Malcolm’s 250th Scottish Laser Travellers event. He has been sailing Lasers since 1982 and has hardly missed an event since, winning a good number of them, especially in windy shifty conditions. It’s …   Read More

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  • Team Rooster

    Out of Hibernation

    So now the days are getting noticeably lighter, I’ve been getting my boats ready for the new sailing season. I don’t mean to go into a sailing hibernation but I do find I just need a couple of months to recharge my batteries and I’m not a fan of cold weather or dark nights. Getting the …   Read More

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  • Laser

    Training

    I’ve not sailed at a training day for ages, usually I’m on the other side, in the RIB. So it was really great to take part in one of the Scottish Laser Academy training weekends organised by the...

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  • Rooster

    Bart’s Bash at Dalgety Bay

    We held our Bart’s Bash yesterday and as it was our Autumn regatta we ran it as an additional race. This gave us some decent numbers of about 40 boats. I was supporting the novice...

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