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    RS200 Itchenor Open

    This weekend Soph & I took part in our first 200 open of the season at Itchenor.  44 boats raced over the weekend including the top 3 from last years nationals.  The forecasts showed light winds and lots of sun which made for some great racing.   Read More

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    2000 Open, Scottish Series and 3 Peaks Yacht Race to come

    Well I mentioned variety a few weeks ago – certainly had that! Last weekend was fun – 2000 Millenium Series at Chichester Yacht Club. I always enjoy sailing round while Clare moves the trolley – this as no exception. All the more fun to be greeted by the kids, still in kit after Martlets training. …   Read More

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    Adventures in Holland

    Hi, Matt here. Ive been doing loads of sailing in the time since my last blog. Two weeks ago I had the Royal Harwich open, part of the eastern travellers series. I had an alright event coming third counting two seconds and a third, discarding a sixth. I was happy with this as my main …   Read More

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    Going Dutch by Alex Butler

      Although I haven’t blogged for a while I have been doing lots of sailing over the winter, I have been concentrating on sailing my Laser 4.7, taking part in most of the SailJuice series (The Bloody Mary had been an ambition of mine for several years). I also took park in the Chichester Yacht Club Snowflake series. During …   Read More

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    Wilson Trophy

    This weekend Soph & I with an Itchenor team travelled to West Kirby for the British Open Team Racing Championships. There were 32 teams that made the trip to the marine lake for the 3 day event which the forecast showed would be a bit of a foam up. On Friday the start was delayed …   Read More

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    Irish Sailing Association Youth Pathway Nationals 2014

    The ISA Youth Pathway Nationals are over until next year now. It promised to be an exciting event with nearly 150 boats across 5 fleets (Laser radials, Laser 4.7, Toppers, 420s and Optimist). It was going to be a challenging  event with 29 people in my fleet (Laser 4.7) trying to qualify for International teams …   Read More

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    Let the fun begin…..

    Well the Sargent familyseason has now well and truly started, and it’s shaping to be an absolute cracker!  Not that I ever thought I’d write about a season starting, but between the weather this winter, which didn’t allow sailing when we were free, joining a new Club at the start of its membership year, and …   Read More

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    Good Start to the Season

    Hi, Its Matt Smith. Its been a busy few weeks since my last blog post, I had the Start of Season championships a fortnight ago and the first of the Eastern Traveller series last weekend.   Read More

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    Laser Video!

    Here’s a little video I made of some fun training I did at Queen Mary in 15-20 knots! Fully clad in Rooster kit as always 🙂  

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    RYA Youth Nationals!

    The Youths are over for another year and they were truly amazing! Nearly 400 sailors poured down to Weymouth for an intense week of racing, with squad places up for grabs, ISAF Youth World places to be selected, and reputations at stake. This was my first Youths of a proper Radial season, as last year …   Read More

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