Don’t you just love it when you get the opportunity to try something new? Well back in September I was approached by St Mawes Sailing Club about coaching their ‘Team Feva’. Team Feva is...
Just back from the combined Southern and South West Zone championships in Weymouth – Portland Harbour is beginning to feel like home! It was a cracking weekend with two very different days. The one consistency...
On Saturday the 5th of September Jamie and I went to Hayling Island for the Feva 2015 grand prix squad selectors. We were lucky to have our first event of the season at our home...
Tera Sailing Weymouth DWSC Waiting for the Wind! Well what a season so far, Optimist Nationals followed by the Tera Nationals then the Optimist Late Season Event, with open events in the middle. I ended...
I am happy to announce that I have recently been selected to be part of the Topper Intermediate National Squad. I was very happy to hear this but also slightly disappointed as I was really...
Draycote held a pursuit race on Sunday morning which was the Bart’s Bash Pursuit Race, we did 3 laps of the course and the Youth and Junior classes were last off the water. I was...
I had my first go in my Musto Skiff last week and my second go. I had taken it over to Dalgety and carefully rigged it, trying not to tangle too much and referring to...
On Saturday, Island Barn hosted their annual Laser open meeting which, as part of the popular Thames Valley circuit, attracted a decent fleet despite a pessimistic forecast. Rather than provide an event report, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on recovering from a bad start, as I seem to have had a lot of …
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Last week I sailed in the Merlin Rocket National Championships in Whitstable, Kent crewing for Ben Saxton. It also happened to be the 70th anniversary of the Merlin Rocket and it seemed only right that there were about 70 entries for the event! These boats are serious bits of kit with the ability to adjust …
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The Laser 4.7 Worlds 2015 took place in Medemblik, Holland on the Isomer. As this was my first international event ever I was not expecting too much from myself and used it as an opportunity to see the standard of sailing internationally. Two races where scheduled for each day but that was not the case …
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