TRAILING SAFETY ESSENTIALS: VIDEO: How-To: Replace your Dinghy Trailer Hub Tie Down Straps Hubs, bearings & wheels Trailer Lighting Boards When the trailer wheel on my new 4000 seized just 3 miles after collection, I...
Have you ever wondered why water sticks to Spandex and not Polypropylene? For the real techie explanation read on: When an oxygen atom combines with two hydrogen atoms to produce a molecule of water (H20) it...
You asked for a video on how to splice continuous control lines – and here it is: Please note that the long needle used by the expert is made by Rooster. The other splicing equipment can...
How to Taper Excel Fusion. Don’t settle for poorly tapered sheets – they always get snagged turning round blocks. You can buy the needle fid here and other splicing tools here. Excel Fusion is stocked at Rooster...
Another Boat Whisperer Critique and this time it’s Mark Riddington with his crew Claire in an RS200. They have been practicing for about a year and Mark says that they are ready to compete in...
Sailors place high demands on their kit bags. They need to be home, holiday, car and yacht friendly. They need a place to put damp or dirty kit and a place for smarter après sail clothes...
Listing the most common mistakes and discussing the history of Hiking Shorts from year dot to today, this article will certainly help you shop with confidence. Most Common Mistakes: Mistake No 1. Choosing your Hikers...
Autumn is on its way and my 4000 crew is laid up with a broken Achilles Tendon (falling down a hole in a slipway at Rutland) so my sailing is going to be largely back...
Rooster is one of the biggest Buoyancy Aid designers and manufacturers in Europe and has a vast amount of sailing experience within the team. You can be sure that once you have read this you...
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 …
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