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Optimist, Team RoosterOptimist Spring Championships – by Jenna Snedker
Optimist Spring Championships, 25th-26th March, 2017 – Royal Torbay Yacht Club. On Saturday, it was a windy 15-20knots which would have been okay had it not been for the swell rising up to two metres....
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Event Report, Optimist, Team RoosterEaster Optimist Sailing in Holland – by Finn Morris
Over Easter we spent 12 days in Holland. I did 2 sailing events; the Optispring in Port Zeeland and the Easter Regatta in Braassemermeer. 62 British sailors made the journey along with sailors from 12...
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Event Report, Optimist, Team RoosterMy first Optimist main fleet race win – by Finian Morris
Photo: ©Sportography.tv Hot on the heels of coming 2nd overall at the 44th Bloody Mary with my Uncle Barney in Dad’s Firefly, I was determined to do well at the Rooster Southern Traveller Series event...
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Hints and Tips, Optimist, Team RoosterRecovering from a bad start in a massive fleet – by Helena Wolff
Photo credit: www.tomasmoyaphoto.es Helena Wolff finished 22nd overall and 2nd girl out of 255 entrants at the 2016 Optimist World Championship in Villamoura, Portugal. As a new member of Team Rooster we asked her advice...
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2000, Optimist, Team RoosterI am a lot braver now – by Gwen Sargent
I have been racing in boats since before I can remember. I won my first open meeting before I was born, helping Mummy crew when she was four months pregnant. But the first time I...
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Optimist, Team RoosterOptimist Christmas Regatta, Pula, Croatia
Last week I went to a regatta in Pula, Croatia. I had a really good time and lots of fun there sailing my Optimist. It was a lot colder than the weather in Southern France...
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Optimist, Team RoosterIOCA Optimist Winter Champs
This year’s Optimist Winter Championships were held at Datchet Water Sailing Club on a very cold and shifty weekend. On Saturday we had light winds. I had a bad first race, but in the second...
By Jenna Snedker2 1884 0 -
Optimist, Team RoosterMoving up………from the Optimist Junior fleet to Senior fleet in France
Since September, I have moved into a harder fleet in optimists, it is called the “Minimes” fleet. This is the French name for the senior fleet. I used to be in the Benjamin fleet. The...
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Optimist, Team RoosterSailability at Frensham Pond & Optimist End of Season Championship
Thursday Frensham Pond Sailability In my school, Stepping Stones School, which is a school for people with disabilities, a group of us go sailing every Thursday from April until October. Last Thursday was different, instead...
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Optimist, Team RoosterOptimist Travels 2016: Belgium, France and Scotland!
This summer has been amazingly busy, lots of sailing which has been fun!! A good place to start is the Optimist Selection trials in Weymouth. At this event the top 80 sailors are invited and...
By Sam de la Feuillade2 1522 0