I’m just getting packed up ready to go down to the Inlands at Draycote this weekend. The School October break is next week and we have to go and visit the Outlaws (sorry Inlaws) but...
As part of our initiative to liven up our club racing, we decided to do some match racing a couple of Sundays ago but we used our club Oppies, which could not be said to...
Steve Bolland has won the RS300 Nationals, held a Weymouth froma fleet of 35 boats. Well done Steve. The Scottish contingent did very well with Neil Beveridge coming second overall and Prestwick Sailing Club winning...
The RS300 Nationals are about to get underway at Weymouth as part of the RS Olympics and I’m back at school and missing it. It’s one of the drawbacks of being a teacher, you get...
How do you appreciate the qualities of the RS300 all over again? Sail something else and notice the contrasts. I sailed a Laser in our club mini-series last week and enjoyed the experience greatly.
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The countdown to the RS Games at Weymouth continues with only 4 weeks to go. The RS300s are hoping that we may get close to 40 turning up, which would be amazing. It shows how many keen and active sailors there are in the class, given we are the smallest of the RS fleets. And …
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I’m gradually getting back to fitness after having to stay off all exercise for 6 weeks. It’s easy to forget how physical the RS300 actually is until you lose your fitness. My first race back was a windy and shifty evening club race at Dalgety. It’s pretty competitive at Dalgety
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Spent most of today coaching some Lasers at my local club, Dalgety Bay. I always like it when you can see the results of the session appear before your eyes. We concentrated on boat set up then boat handling, the thinking being if we could set our boats up nicely then the boat handling will …
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Hi, my name is Ian Baillie and on my recent visit to the Dinghy Show Steve surprised me by asking if I could join the Rooster blog and write some nice things about the RS300 and how wonderful all the Rooster gear is.
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