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Hints and Tips, Rooster 4000, Steve's BlogSafety ‘blow through’ Gybe in a Rooster 4000.
Racing at Stokes Bay in what might be called fresh to frightening conditions – onshore with winds 25 + knots. The key features of the safety or blow through gybe are: Helm – concentrating on...
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Rooster 4000, Steve's Blog4000 Euro’s in Garda.
Garda is for many sailors, a dream location for a regatta. Add 5 nations, 30 boats and the best club on the Lake at Riva, the ingredients certainly looked exciting for the 1016 Euro Cup....
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Rooster 4000, Team Rooster4000 Fun!
My main racing dinghy is a National 12, so it is slightly odd that I’m starting my first blog about a different dinghy! However, last Saturday, with the temperature rising above 20 degC, it was...
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Event Report, Rooster 4000AGISEN 4000 Match Racing
In late February the first full trial of the AGISEN Match Race 4000 event proved to be a great success despite strong breezes with bitterly cold bite. Based on an initiative by Tim Litt,...
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Event Report, Rooster 4000, Steve's BlogBart’s Bash at Stokes Bay – 4000 Superstars
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 … Read More
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Rooster, Rooster 4000Wanted – Laser® 4000’s for updating to Rooster® 4000’s.
French, Italian and British 4000 sailors are looking for second hand boats to add to their growing fleets: The Euro Cup has settled into an annual event in Quiberon, France and Garda, Italy (2016 Garda, Italy, 2017 Quiberon, France) fleets in both countries are growing fast with increasing demand. Newcomers from the UK are also Read More
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Rooster 4000, Steve's Blog4000 Euros Friday and Saturday Final Roundup
Friday – 3rd day of racing: The RO had his weather forecast and was prepared to send us afloat early for potentially 4 races on the penultimate day of 4000 Euros in Quiberon. The...
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Event Report, Rooster, Rooster 4000, Steve's BlogItalian 4000 Championships – a warm up for the Europeans
They say that the wind comes in like clockwork, and for the Garda virgins amongst us, it seamed incredible that we were going to start on time. There was no wind to speak of whilst...
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