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    UK Laser Radial Nationals day 1

    By Susannah Pyatt NZL Awesome first day at the UK Laser Radial Nationals! The wind came in strong as forecast sitting between 15-20knots gusting up to 25knots. Typical English summer so we had rain most...

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    Dagger Grip – where it’s at!

    Well in our last post ‘Busy Sailing’ (http://www.roostersailing.com/blog/?p=4460) I trailed the kids first solo session in the Teras. Clare and I got in our RaceSkin/ shorties and the kids were wet suited up nicely, (bit too warm for Polypro as a base layer which makes a pleasant change!) We rigged a Tera, sail rolled to …   Read More

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    Radial Training and other bits and pieces…

    So my Topper career is coming to an end, with the nationals, my final event, in a couple of weeks. Of course, this is going to be a sad moment, leaving the boat I have sailed since I started racing nearly two years ago now, and also saying goodbye to lots of friends made along …   Read More

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    Perspective

    Wednesday night’s racing was not a good one for me. I struggled to feel what the boat was doing and just couldn’t seem to get it right. But with the Open golf on, I was...

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    Busy sailing…..

    Well that’s the trouble with this time of year: having too much fun on the water to write about it! Since we last blogged here Clare has had a short notice place on a Dinghy Instructor’s Course, and had a fabulous, if hard working week. I’ve been out with a bunch of near or actual …   Read More

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    Catch up time RS Tera Nationals and Fevas

    Well my last blog was back in Feb and time flies when your having fun cant believe its the end of June, i have been mixing Teras and Fevas and so with events and training its been a busy time . Fevas has been fun and sailed with a couple of different crews Jack Lewis …   Read More

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    Hayling Island 200 Open

    This weekend was the HISC RS Open and it was glamour!  Boiling hot a nice mix of conditions out in the bay, perfect practice for the nationals in Mounts Bay later in the summer. On...

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    2k Team Racing Europeans – Holland

    This weekend Soph & I took part in the 2k TR Europeans that were held in Bataviahaven in Holland.  Sailing for Itchenor SC we were joined by Rob Struckett on our boat and Andy Shaw,...

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    Life after Optimists

    On Sunday a couple of weeks ago I got a chance to try a new boat with my friend George. He had just got the boat and needed crew so he wanted to know if I would crew with him.    Read More

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    A sailing adventure

    One of the best things we can do is introduce non sailors to our sport, so last Friday I took a group of school children down to Port Edgar on the Firth of Forth for...

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