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Hints and Tips, Sailing Solutions by Rooster, Topper
Maintain and Repair your Topper Bailer

BAILERS – Maintain and Repair, prior to you first event! The Super Shute 60 bailer (pic 1) is expensive and is easily damaged through misuse and accident. We are always trying to find ways to keep your...
By Dave Cockerill

28th January 2014
9 7590 2
Hints and Tips, Rooster, Team Rooster
The Science Behind Planing

A lot of people have of course experienced planing before. The feeling is brilliant when a boat’s real potential is unleashed and let rip. We thought it might be interesting to give an engineering view...
By Sean Cleary

16th December 2013
1 5042 0
Hints and Tips, Sailing Solutions by Rooster, Topper
Topper Rudder Blades and Daggerboards

Rudder blades and daggerboards really matter. Badly prepared foils will adversely affect a boats performance far more than the hull (although it’s definitely worth making sure the lip of the transom is also as smooth...
By Dave Cockerill

9th December 2013
2 3436 0
Hints and Tips
Boat Tuning

Busy few weeks always around Christmas time in college for us! We thought we should share a few thoughts on basic boat tuning, particularly for RS’s. We definitely aren’t the experts at this but here...
By Sean Cleary

30th November 2013
0 5985 0
Hints and Tips, Team Rooster
DIY GPS Tracking for training and minor update

We thought it would be good to share our experiences with a new and easy to use training method – GPS tracking. We’ve all seen the cool animated images when sailing is covered on T.V, with streams of data coming in like boat speed, direction and what not. Read More
By Sean Cleary

18th November 2013
0 4976 5
Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Video Critique
Another Video Critique

Great – some more video to get stuck into. This time of Matt Smith who looks to be a very keen Tera sailor. 15 seconds – it obvious that Matt is very happy centre sheeting,...
By Steve Cockerill

12th November 2013
0 5012 6
Hints and Tips, Sailing Solutions by Rooster, Topper
Topper Speed

*TOPPER SPEED FOR THE LARGER (5.3) SAIL* SO YOUR BOAT IS FULLY PREPARED AND YOU ARE READY TO USE YOUR NEW CONTROLS. NEW CONTROLS? – WHAT CONTROLS HAVE YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR TOPPER GO...
By Dave Cockerill

20th October 2013
4 4696 0
Hints and Tips, Sailing Solutions by Rooster, Topper
Topper Downhauls

Downhauls are a big topic of conversation in the Topper class, and for a very good reason. If Ian Proctor had designed the Topper to be a full on race boat he would have put...
By Dave Cockerill

20th September 2013
4 3027 0
Hints and Tips, Sailing Solutions by Rooster, Topper
Topper Mast Cup Assembly

To remove an old cup: Remove the mast gate for easier access. Remove the nut and washer from the top of the cup. Remove the cup. Few come off easily. The last one I...
By Dave Cockerill

20th September 2013
3 4753 0
Hints and Tips, Sailing Solutions by Rooster, Topper
Fitting Upper Mast Bungs to a Topper

Have you got a leaky Upper Mast? Topper upper masts are designed to be sealed floatation chambers that slow down a complete inversion in the event of a capsize. They work ok when empty but...
By Dave Cockerill

20th September 2013
0 3122 0

Maintain and Repair your Topper Bailer

BAILERS – Maintain and Repair, prior to you first event! The Super Shute 60 bailer (pic 1) is expensive and is easily damaged through misuse and accident. We are always trying to find ways to keep your...

The Science Behind Planing

A lot of people have of course experienced planing before. The feeling is brilliant when a boat’s real potential is unleashed and let rip. We thought it might be interesting to give an engineering view...

Topper Rudder Blades and Daggerboards

Rudder blades and daggerboards really matter. Badly prepared foils will adversely affect a boats performance far more than the hull (although it’s definitely worth making sure the lip of the transom is also as smooth...

Boat Tuning

Busy few weeks always around Christmas time in college for us! We thought we should share a few thoughts on basic boat tuning, particularly for RS’s. We definitely aren’t the experts at this but here...

DIY GPS Tracking for training and minor update

We thought it would be good to share our experiences with a new and easy to use training method – GPS tracking. We’ve all seen the cool animated images when sailing is covered on T.V, with streams of data coming in like boat speed, direction and what not. Read More

Another Video Critique

Great – some more video to get stuck into. This time of Matt Smith who looks to be a very keen Tera sailor. 15 seconds – it obvious that Matt is very happy centre sheeting,...

Topper Speed

TOPPER SPEED FOR THE LARGER (5.3) SAIL SO YOUR BOAT IS FULLY PREPARED AND YOU ARE READY TO USE YOUR NEW CONTROLS. NEW CONTROLS? – WHAT CONTROLS HAVE YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR TOPPER GO...

Topper Downhauls

Downhauls are a big topic of conversation in the Topper class, and for a very good reason. If Ian Proctor had designed the Topper to be a full on race boat he would have put...

Topper Mast Cup Assembly

To remove an old cup: Remove the mast gate for easier access. Remove the nut and washer from the top of the cup. Remove the cup. Few come off easily. The last one I...

Fitting Upper Mast Bungs to a Topper

Have you got a leaky Upper Mast? Topper upper masts are designed to be sealed floatation chambers that slow down a complete inversion in the event of a capsize. They work ok when empty but...

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BAILERS – Maintain and Repair, prior to you first event! The Super Shute 60 bailer (pic 1) is expensive and is easily damaged through misuse and accident. We are always trying to find ways to keep your...

A lot of people have of course experienced planing before. The feeling is brilliant when a boat’s real potential is unleashed and let rip. We thought it might be interesting to give an engineering view...

Rudder blades and daggerboards really matter. Badly prepared foils will adversely affect a boats performance far more than the hull (although it’s definitely worth making sure the lip of the transom is also as smooth...

Busy few weeks always around Christmas time in college for us! We thought we should share a few thoughts on basic boat tuning, particularly for RS’s. We definitely aren’t the experts at this but here...

We thought it would be good to share our experiences with a new and easy to use training method – GPS tracking. We’ve all seen the cool animated images when sailing is covered on T.V, with streams of data coming in like boat speed, direction and what not. Read More

Great – some more video to get stuck into. This time of Matt Smith who looks to be a very keen Tera sailor. 15 seconds – it obvious that Matt is very happy centre sheeting,...

*TOPPER SPEED FOR THE LARGER (5.3) SAIL* SO YOUR BOAT IS FULLY PREPARED AND YOU ARE READY TO USE YOUR NEW CONTROLS. NEW CONTROLS? – WHAT CONTROLS HAVE YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR TOPPER GO...

Downhauls are a big topic of conversation in the Topper class, and for a very good reason. If Ian Proctor had designed the Topper to be a full on race boat he would have put...

To remove an old cup: Remove the mast gate for easier access. Remove the nut and washer from the top of the cup. Remove the cup. Few come off easily. The last one I...

Have you got a leaky Upper Mast? Topper upper masts are designed to be sealed floatation chambers that slow down a complete inversion in the event of a capsize. They work ok when empty but...

TOPPER SPEED FOR THE LARGER (5.3) SAIL SO YOUR BOAT IS FULLY PREPARED AND YOU ARE READY TO USE YOUR NEW CONTROLS. NEW CONTROLS? – WHAT CONTROLS HAVE YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR TOPPER GO...