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Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Video CritiqueThe Backward Facing Tack in a Centre Main Boat? – Weird or Cleaver Thinking.
The original inventor of the backwards tack was a Finnish Europe Sailor called Jyurki Taiminnen. He defied his coaches by sticking with this strange option to tack backwards despite having a centre main because he...
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Hints and Tips, Video CritiqueThe Boat Whisperer Free Chapters Released Weekly
We like to think the Boat Whisperer Series contain a few things worth listening to. Over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing a selection of chapters totally free of charge to keep you thinking about...
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Hints and TipsGame Changing Rooster® Pro Grip – Control Yourself™
RS800 Sailor, YouTuber and all round great guy Mozzy Sails talks grip. Specifically the new Rooster Brushed EVA Pro Grip. Fresh grip for a fresh season! Foam grip has always been my preference, it’s the kindest on your...
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Chandlery, Hints and TipsGetting ready at the local sailing club for the start of the 2020 spring season
Getting ready at the local Sailing Club for the start of the 2020 spring season with Rooster Race Marks The annual RYA Dinghy Show marks the start of the Dinghy Spring Season for the UK. ...
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Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxA 60 second tip that might save your bacon.
After experiencing some crazy winds at the weekend, I realised that it was time to change my rudder pull down rope. Not because the rope is too stretchy, but because it has no stretch at...
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Hints and TipsTop Tips for Sailing Instructing
I have been teaching sailing for 9 years in total and I have really enjoyed my time I have spent instructing. I first received my RYA Assistant Instructor at my local sailing club, encouraging me...
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Hints and Tips, RepairsSimple Foil Repair using the WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy
A simple guide to fixing typical damage on leading and trailing edges on dinghy foils. – Write up by Abi Bentley Having never fixed a chipped rudder dinghy blade tip, Roosters Mark Harper (who has...
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Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxMain Halyards – Save money and weight with this Video
OK – So when one of the team had realised that their main halyard was 7m too short for their RS400 (they had ordered a 1:1 main halyard – not a 2:1 main halyard). I...
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Hints and Tips, Steve's BlogHiking Styles – The secrets behind efficient and healthy hiking
In this blog Steve discusses some of the typical problems associated with hiking out and takes advice from Fiona Taylor, a physiotherapist who has often been found in dark corners of Sailing Clubs, at Laser...
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Aero, Hints and Tips, Steve's BlogAero Main Halyard Tips
Here is a neat little trick to make your Aero Halyard work a little more smoothly. Take 1m of Rooster Easysplice and take 600mm of the inner core, but remember to tie a knot in the...
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