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RoosterLloyd Williams / Batten Team Update – Spring 2011
Since our last update at the end of January, we’ve been doing a great deal of training in the 29er. This has meant getting on the water every weekend, plus a couple of times during the week, now the days are longer. On-the-water sessions have included training with two other top UK teams, National Youth … Read More
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Event Report, Steve's Blog, Video CritiqueHill Head Sailing Club’s Stig Challenge – in 28 Knots – Video
I first heard of a Stig Challenge in dinghies at Frensham Pond Sailing Club. They had a 4.7 Stig Challenge which was held on Saturday Mornings by their youth group. Stig was never revealed and...
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Event Report, Steve's Blog
Sail for Gold or just for fun!
With a stand at sail for gold, you might have thought that I should be pressing flesh at the shop front as it were. Well I am first thing in the morning and after the...
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Rooster
Two up in a Big Boat!
Last weekend I went offshore sailing for the first time in 20 years. Thanks to a last minute invitation from Richard Elliot we sailed his X412, Blue Bat 2, in the “Molson Cherbourg Double” organised by the Royal Southampton Sailing Club. This is a double/shorthanded race and part of the Molson / Coors Double handed … Read More
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New Products, R & D
New Laser® Bailer Spring – and it will work for ever!
Sometimes we develop good ideas ourselves; sometimes they fall in our lap. I am not taking any credit for this invention, but it is sheer brilliance on the part of a fellow Masters Laser sailor. Perhaps its because I have to spend half an hour every 6 months changing my self bailer bands, or maybe … Read More
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Steve's BlogRooster at Sail for Gold
Rooster will have a retail stand at Sail for Gold! Don’t forget you can order before hand for delivery at the event to avoid disappointment. Standard support rules really. We will have our now top...
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Steve's BlogRooster 8.1 Nationals Date Announced
After the storming success of the 2010 Rooster 8.1 Nationals on the river Thames, in 2011 the fleet will return to Weir Wood on the 1st and 2nd October 2011. Check out the new updated...
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Steve's Blog, Tuning Guide, Video CritiqueNew Streaker Wave Sail Testing
Alan Gillard had the idea for the Wave sail a couple of years ago. His idea was to have a smaller sail area that not only offered the smaller sailors an alternative in strong winds,...
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Team Rooster
Update Krystal Weir European Trip One
Hi All, I am back in Melbourne training out of Sandringham for the next Olympic Trial in Weymouth UK. I have just returned from a whirlwind trip that included Spain, Greece and France. My first event was in Palma Mallorca in April, after some exciting logistics I was ready to race. I had a very … Read More
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Event Report, Scorpion, Steve's Blog, Tuning Guide, Video CritiqueLots of Wind – Learning the New Toy
A windy weekend at Chew Valley and lots of Scorpions to play with. We were not what you might called prepared for the conditions as to date we have had just one windy race to...
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