Huge mountains, early starts and lots of Pizza were just a few of the highlights of our recent trip to Garda. After one of the longest drives I can ever remember, spanning 6 countries along the way, we finally arrived at Lake Garda late on Tuesday evening.
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Rooster Sailing will be the technical clothing provider to the Atlantic Drifters in the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge 2015/16. The Atlantic Drifters team is made up of Army Air Corps Officers, Major Tom Brunwin and...
Over the half term I went to my first National Intermediate squad camp at WPNSA. I had a great time and we were very lucky to have a great mix of conditions. I arrived at...
Iona: Optimist Interligue, Toulon, France. In the autumn holiday there was a sailing competition that I went to. It was an interligue for Southern France. There were about 200 optimists that travelled to Toulon for...
The 2015 season has come to an end and it is gutting to think that I am going to have to wait another 6 months before the next Championship season starts up again. This year...
I’ve had a great season this year with my results and improvements, since my last blog about the RS Tera World Championship where I placed third I have had a few more successes. Summer Race...
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...
No, unfortunately I haven’t found a magical formula that will make you succeed at anything you want. I did however have a disappointing result two weekends ago, at the first autumn laser qualifier in Sunderland, and that’s pretty much the same thing. Ill try to explain… A quick summary of the weekend: Saturday started with no …
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It’s been an amazing season for the Sargent family: Gwen and Johnny’s training and racing in Opis and Teras; the fun at Thorney Island and Emsworth Sailing Clubs and our amazing season in the 2000 as a family. And with Autumn training and some ocean sailing and racing to come for Matt, there will no …
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I have recently got back from the combined South and South-West Zone championships in Weymouth. With 66 Toppers registered and a decent looking forecast it was set to be a great weekend. My goal for...