Yesterday was our last race of the year. It’s been a cracker. One of the highlights has definitely been the Hare and Hounds Series which concluded yesterday. After the ‘regular’ season ends the Emsworth clubs run a series on Springs weekends and invite Thorney Island Sailing Club members too. As well as Saturday and Sunday …
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Completing a final Blog in 2014 from Barry & Conor. What a year it was with event wins in the Irish Open, Ulsters, Munsters, Nationals, and going into the final Leinsters event in DunLaoghaire 4/5 October with the chance to complete all 5 titles for the first time in class history.
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Well where do I start, my last blog – “My Favourite Rooster Kit for 2014” became one of ‘the’ blogs of 2014. If you didn’t get a chance to read it follow this link… Steve Cockerill even decided to do his own rendition of it, which as you might expect became very popular. This blog …
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On Saturday 15th of November, I joined four other Laser 4.7s at Burghfield SC for a day’s coaching. Since there was very little wind, we suggested to the coach Dan that we should practice roll tacks and roll gybes. This was an area which we all felt was a weak spot. We did a number …
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All in all it has been a good season for Soph and myself. It has been a hard year as well, trying to get to grips with a work life balance has led to a lot of compromising on both our parts. This meant that the only championship we could hit in anger was the …
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Harry finished his oppie career last month after the world championships in Argentina (report to follow), which now means our 29er campaign has now properly started. Last weekend was our first day back training after Harry’s trip. We were pretty rusty, I went out wearing my new supertherms and I was nice and warm. It was a …
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Last weekend was our last chance to impress the selectors to gain a place on the RYA 29er Transition Squad. We arrived early on Saturday morning to find thick fog covering the whole of Rutland...
On the 8th and 9th of November 2014, Louis and I competed in the RS EOS at Datchet water reservoir. On the first day the wind was gusty and was ranging from about 14 knots...
I had to write this blog to all of us who live above the equator since it’s now beginning to get cold. Well, it’s practically freezing here in Florida…18 Degrees : )
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