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Yes, we have a helm!

One of the great things about having kids are those moments when they achieve something new. 2 separate sets of parent friends had walkers over the weekend. It was a very special moment for Clare and I when Gwen had her first proper solo sail yesterday at one of the Thorney Island Sailing Club On …   Read More

By Team Zoomy 20th October 2013

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” Matt Sargent owned an ancient pair of sailing gloves which used to belong to old-time sailing star, Steve ‘Rooster’ Cockerill. In some strange way, the gloves enabled Matt to sail in Rooster’s style”.

OK, I reckon that this post’s title will separate into (mainly) men of a certain age who remember Eagle comic, and its ilk, and the rest who haven’t a clue what I’m on about!  But either for the first group’s nostalgia, or the second group for educational reasons, here’s the wiki-link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy’s_Boots.  Day two at the 300 …   Read More

By Team Zoomy 29th September 2013

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RS Tera Inland Championships

The last major championship of the year on the RS Tera calendar was the Inland National Championship held this year at Bewl Valley SC. This is a reservoir set in hilly surroundings close to Royal Tunbridge Wells. It is quite a large area of water but it is an irregular shape with fingers of water …   Read More

By Alex Butler 24th September 2013

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Marathon of events in Europe for Irish Optimist Duo.

This summer took Johnny and I  to many places around Europe for a couple of big events and what a summer it was!!!! First off in June was a lot of training every day in our own club, RCYC. We had 3 specific days there also coaching with the European and Worlds teams training together …   Read More

By Steve Cockerill 23rd September 2013

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The Rooster Control Lines are Epic!

So the control lines I got which came with my new boat started to fray, and this next season was a critical one, so I decided it was time for change. My old control lines were mainly dyneema for the primary, and then some average control line rope common on a lot of Lasers for …   Read More

By Daniel Martin 11th September 2013

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RS200 Nationals

This month Soph & I made the trip down to Mounts Bay for the Nationals, which had an epic turnout of 96 boats in the fleet. Day one was spent mostly waiting for the wind to fill in as it swung around and finally came in with a shifty north-westerly force 2. It was tough …   Read More

By George Yeoman 30th August 2013

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My Big Summer Marathon

My big summer marathon started in lovely Loctudy in Brittany with the Topper Worlds. The qualifying did not get off to a great start with gear failure in two races on day two and the fact that I seemed to remain in the hardest flight every day up to the championships.   Read More

By Steve Cockerill 20th August 2013

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Mengham Week and More

Hello, my name is Alex Butler and I am new to Team Rooster. I belong to Hayling Island Sailing Club. I sail an RS Tera Pro, of which I am a member of the National Squad, and...

By Alex Butler 17th August 2013

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Topper Nationals

So, my last Topper event is over! The Topper Nationals was an absolutely fantastic event, with the whole 16 race series completed. We arrived three days prior to the event on Wednesday for two days of squad training with my squad, the Topper National Intermediate Squad, to get back in the zone and pick up …   Read More

By Daniel Martin 12th August 2013