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Event Report, Optimist, Team RoosterJune 2017 Round-up, by Millie Irish
Hi! I’m Millie and I am part of the Midland Optimist Racing Team, aka MORT! We travel all over the country competing at the big Optimist events but over the last month we have been...
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Hints and Tips, Optimist, Team RoosterHow to survive the major leap into Optimist racing, by the Sargent family.
The Optimist class is celebrating it’s 70th Birthday this year and continues to go from strength to strength. Sailors enter the class National Championship in their 100’s, with a peak of 490 entries in 2010!...
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Event Report, Team Rooster, TopperDan Perkins Reflects On His First National Series Race Win
On the 29th April 2017, I went to the Topper Inland Championship at Grafham Water. My dad woke me up at 4am, so we could get up to the event in time. I knew I...
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Laser, Team RoosterClub Racing Vs Circuit Racing – By Charlie South
2016 / 2017 I moved from the Topper to racing the Laser Radial. I’d sailed the Laser a bit before, but it was a big change! I thought I’d write a few things on the...
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Team Rooster, TopperTopper Inlands at Grafham Water Sailing Club – by Sam Cooper
Photo: Simon McIlwaine www.wavelengthimage.com (Topper Worlds 2016) I had a choice at this event as to whether I stayed ashore, whilst my sister sailed and I revised, or I went on the water as well....
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Optimist, Team RoosterOptimist Spring Championships – by Jenna Snedker
Optimist Spring Championships, 25th-26th March, 2017 – Royal Torbay Yacht Club. On Saturday, it was a windy 15-20knots which would have been okay had it not been for the swell rising up to two metres....
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Event Report, Team RoosterOur first RYA Youth Nationals – by Charlie and Alex Hamel
This year we took part in the RYA Youth National Championships at Hayling Island in the Spitfire class. It was our first Youth Nationals and our first major event in the Spitfire class – hopefully...
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Event Report, Optimist, Team RoosterEaster Optimist Sailing in Holland – by Finn Morris
Over Easter we spent 12 days in Holland. I did 2 sailing events; the Optispring in Port Zeeland and the Easter Regatta in Braassemermeer. 62 British sailors made the journey along with sailors from 12...
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Team RoosterSpanish Impulse – inspiring the next generation.
Cover Photo © Fatima Diz If you are a follower of our Facebook Page, you may have noticed some excitement surrounding the Spanish Red Bull Youth America’s Cup team – Spanish Impulse. We’ve teamed up...
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RS 200, Team RoosterCoachmode Vs Racemode
Photo credit: Paul Hargreaves A couple of weeks ago Ethan and I were at RS200 Youth Squad training. We’d known all week that the conditions were likely to be pretty wild and when we arrived...
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