Huge mountains, early starts and lots of Pizza were just a few of the highlights of our recent trip to Garda. After one of the longest drives I can ever remember, spanning 6 countries along the way, we finally arrived at Lake Garda late on Tuesday evening.
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Just back from the combined Southern and South West Zone championships in Weymouth – Portland Harbour is beginning to feel like home! It was a cracking weekend with two very different days. The one consistency...
On Saturday the 5th of September Jamie and I went to Hayling Island for the Feva 2015 grand prix squad selectors. We were lucky to have our first event of the season at our home...
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...
Bart was an amazing guy both a successful sailor AND a gentleman who respected his fellow competitors. Today at Stokes Bay Sailing Club we honoured his memory again. For some of us who raced closely with him, I am not sure what he would make of it. Nick Harrison was more than close to Bart …
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Last week I sailed in the Merlin Rocket National Championships in Whitstable, Kent crewing for Ben Saxton. It also happened to be the 70th anniversary of the Merlin Rocket and it seemed only right that there were about 70 entries for the event! These boats are serious bits of kit with the ability to adjust …
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Every year I attend my local regatta week, which is a week full of sailing & carnival celebrations. A long distance yacht race over Sunday & Monday gets proceedings underway with a firework display on the Monday evening. Racing for all the other boats then gets underway on Tuesday morning and continues all the way …
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After lots of preparation and training the wait was finally over; the Topper Nationals were finally here. My aim coming into the event was to finish in the top half of Gold Fleet which meant better than 32nd. Saturday 8 Aug
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I’ve just got back from Pwllheli after a week of racing for the Optimist Nationals followed by a week of helping on the committee boat at the 29er Nationals. . The Optimist Nationals had a...
I’ve just got back from the RS Tera Worlds Championships in Bruinisse, Holland. It was the most exciting event I have ever done and I really really enjoyed it. I had been working really hard leading up to the Worlds on my fitness, boat handling and tactics – the work started long before the event …
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