Happy New year to the Rooster team and all my sailing friends!! I had a great time over the Christmas break training and sailing at every chance in my Optimist. Mum and dad are probably...
Over the last year I’ve done a lot of sailing, gearing up for both the Scorpion Nationals and the Flying Fifteen Worlds has led to a lot of weekends away. Doing that amount of sailing...
Rooster Sailing are looking for a team of inspirational sailors to represent the brand in 2016. We recognise that there are many talented sailors competing at an elite level looking for sponsorship and support. However...
Optimist Development Squad Training at Grafham. I attended the 4 day residential along with 21 other sailors at Grafham Water Sailing Club. As soon as we arrived we rigged our boats and prepared ourselves for...
As we are approaching the end of the year, I thought I would do a blog on my favourite Rooster Chandlery products from this year. Last year I did a blog about my favourite Rooster...
Over the past three weekends I have taken part in three team racing events. Even though I decided not to be on dinghy teams for Strathclyde this year, I have still managed to get in...
Being part of the GBR team for the 2015 Optimist World championships was definitely the highlight of the year for me. In the build up to the regatta we raced as a team at a...
A couple of weeks back, Claire and I had a practice session in our RS200 in a reasonable breeze. Planing offwind it quickly became apparent that all was not well with the boat, with two...
Apologies for the lack of posting recently! I have been in the process of moving to the UK from Ireland. One of my first jobs was to join Oxford SC and join the RS400 circuit...
Just had a couple of weekends of Team Racing, the first being the Eric Twiname Team Racing Championships held at Farmoor near Oxford. Then the Opti Team Cup, which was held at Potsdamer Yacht Club,...