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Hints and Tips, Steve's BlogThe Windward – Leeward Follow on…
If you are lucky enough to still have access to the water but with no organised racing or coaching, this routine is soooo good. I use it a lot when 2 or more boats find themselves...
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Hints and Tips, New Products, Steve's Blog, Tool BoxLittle Boat Bimble – a Threaded Deck Bush
Sometimes a new product comes along that deserves a little more explanation. Why do small things cause so much irritation? Let’s make it better. It can be so irritating when the deck bush comes out...
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Hack, Steve's BlogSteve’s Hack
When you have a boat and you want to retain its looks – try adding some Rooster Pro Grip to the end of your boom. Its new brushed design reduces its surface tension, making it...
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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 & Tips Index, RS 400, Steve's Blog, Video CritiqueRoll Tacking an RS400.
If you have downloaded and watched the Boatwhisperer Upwind DVD, you will notice that the tacking is shown and discussed in detail with footage of a single-hander. Now with a recent purchase of a Go-Pro...
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Steve's BlogWhat are the Best Hiking Shorts for me?
Hiking shorts can reduce the pain of hiking and help you sail the boat flatter when used correctly. They are a breakthrough in pain-free hiking. I first made my own hike pads with battens and...
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Steve's BlogWill Stick Daring Finish the Bloody Mary?
StickDaring is hoping this weekend he doesn’t have a repeat of his last outing at the Bloody Mary Pursuit Race. I understand he is taking a more proven vessel this time around – MOD27 which...
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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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New Products, RS 200, RS 400, Steve's BlogCan you taper Polilite?
Despite using Polilite® in its many diameters for many years, I am embarrassed to say that I have only just realised that you can taper Polilite®. Basically, you can take the centre core out of...
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Charity, Steve's BlogMeet Stick Daring ‘Round UK’
I know Stick Daring (AKA Neil Peters) as a really good Laser sailor; we have raced against each other on the Laser Masters’ circuit. Occasionally, Neil would mention his longing to sail around the UK. I...
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