On the 9th of May, Jamie and I were at Rutland for the Eric Twiname RYA Zone championship. On the first day it was very breezy and gusty. It was postponed for three hours, in...
I have taken a short break from 200 sailing this month. Recently I have acquired an international 14 which is renowned to be one of the more difficult and time consuming boats to sail. However, with Itchenor as my home club it is a complete no brainer. Whilst I have not managed to get out …
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It has been a while since my last post so a quick update is needed. I have been involved in both dinghy and yacht uni sailing. I would also like to thank Rooster for the Rash vest and boat stickers they sent me!
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I am keen that you start telling tales that Rooster now has a Teflon® impregnated wool tell tale set that enables it to work in the wettest of conditions. The picture shows the red Teflon®...
This April 2015 I went to the International French Cup (known in France as Coupe Internationale de Printemps or”CIP” at Cap d’Agde). This competition is a week long so you have to be consistent. When we arrived at the sailing club for the training day there were not many people around but the trailer was …
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Sailing out to the start with the new Rooster stickers on the hull It was a sunny day on the 12 April. The wind was very light (in France we say “floties”). We did 3 races and I was in the Minime (senior) fleet and my brother in the younger fleet. In the 1st …
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My first sail in the Rooster D optimist was in Poole at the Parkstone open. The boat looked good and sailed brilliantly even without the correct sail which is probably somewhere on the M6!! The...
When you have raced singlehanded boats at almost all levels, Open Meetings, Nationals, Europeans, World Championships and Pre Olympics – there is not many parts of your game that you can improve on. One’s ability...
It was a really gruelling week for many reasons at the Youth Nationals for Elliot and Jake. Lack of wind frustrated them and many other boats; the rankings after 2 days threw out a few surprises.
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It was a massively breezy weekend for the Sprints at Rutland which seemed to put off a few people so a small but perfectly formed group of 200’s arrived to 20-30 knots.
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