Reunited with my ground support crew later the next day, it was time to exchange our varying adventures from “Big Wednesday” and rescue the Aero from the sand dunes where it had spent the night...
Reflections on an emotional 865 mile adventure along the length of Britain in an RS Aero. Crazy and amazing – sometimes they are the same thing, sometimes they are poles apart. The skill is being...
The summer of 2017 proved to be a very good time on the water for myself! I’m sure I am not the only one that looks forward to the summer and what it has to...
The i14 Nationals was held in Rock, Cornwall this year. Whilst the fleet was made up of 23 boats, 5 of them were in the top 10 at the most recent World Championships at Carnac...
We set off last Wednesday and I was allowed to travel on the roof. It’s a great view from up there and frankly I enjoy 60 knots of wind up my nose. I get it,...
A couple of weeks back, I bought an RS Aero with a ‘7’ rig. I bought it from RS as an ex-demo boat, and immediately set about bimbling the control lines (see Steve’s latest post),...
Photo credit: Simon McIlwaine www.wavelengthimage.com On the 15th & 16th July I was in Lowestoft for a Topper National series event. On Saturday it was very windy with waves building throughout the day. Something that...
The annual Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay, took place on Saturday the 1st of July. Organised by the Island Sailing Club, this one-day yacht race had a 50 nautical mile course around...
Hi! I’m Millie and I am part of the Midland Optimist Racing Team, aka MORT! We travel all over the country competing at the big Optimist events but over the last month we have been...
Downwind The downwind is often the leg that decides the race. The chasing team are able to blanket the leading boats and slow them to the point one of their team mates can go around...