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Nigel Barrow
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Useful articles on the mental approach to racing
When researching information for a future dinghy racing website similar to this site but without the boat build, I came across some good...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Thought for the Day - Time to modify the strategy and goals
Following its first competitive outing, I spent a long time thinking subjectively about the performance of the Alternative design...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 10
- 1 min
The IOM owner distribution according to my website stats
We are now a community of over 2000 distributed across the globe. The pictures below show the stats and the distribution on a global...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Thought for the day - Master of my own pre bend
I think I mentioned after the Vets that I needed a little more prebend to tighten up the jib luff. For whatever reason the mast was at...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 6
- 3 min
Thought for the day - Is your boat gradually losing its performance edge
After sailing last week, I got into a discussion on the ageing of boats and the effect on performance. IOM's are low stress boats and...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Thought for the day - stay out of trouble
The biggest learning from the Vets championship was to stay out of trouble. Thankfully I learned my lesson when sailing at Emsworth on...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Thought for the day - What are the most important things to learn
I visited my home club Frensham Pond Sailing Club last weekend and met up with some GP14 sailor. We got into a discussion about what...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Thought for the day - Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
Thee are days when you look at a sailing venue and the wind patterns on the water enter your mind and you know exactly how to play then. ...
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Nigel Barrow
- May 31
- 2 min
Thought for the day - Rig developments
So today I started working on increasing the prebend. The mast originally had 12mm prebend but this reduced to approx 5mm meaning I have...
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Nigel Barrow
- May 30
- 2 min
Thought for the day - Be careful what you wish for
Since the Veterans Championship I have been playing a lot of golf and that teaches you to quieten your mind before each shot. ...
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Nigel Barrow
- May 24
- 4 min
The Veterans Championship - Home builds can be competitive
What a brilliant weekend, well organised by the MYA and Lincoln Radio Sailing Club, with fabulous sailing in a well behaved fleet. So...
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Nigel Barrow
- May 21
- 2 min
Thought for the day - Welcome to Lincoln and the Vets Championships
What a start to the weekend. We left home on Friday at 11am and hit a traffic jam around our home town of Farnham. Sat Nav then took us...
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Nigel Barrow
- May 19
- 1 min
Preparation for the IOM Veterans Championship at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club
50 hardy souls are heading for Lincoln for the IOM Veterans Championship The venue is a square gravel pit, uniquely not surrounded by...
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Nigel Barrow
- May 5
- 3 min
Thought for the Day - The first battle scar
We had a brilliant day of racing at Frensham on Tuesday (see pictures below). The wind was at the top level for the B rig with gusts of...
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Nigel Barrow
- May 2
- 4 min
Thought for the day - How to seal pin holes and yet another leak and how a boat became and IOM
The last of the leaks Despite thinking I had fixed all the leaks, the boat was leaking worse than ever last Tuesday. Clearly I was...
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Nigel Barrow
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Apologies
Great day racing at Frensham. 8+ IOM's out today. Almost a clean sweep bar one race where I finished second. The new paint job looked...
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Nigel Barrow
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Thought for the day - The boat is blue
The spray painting was a success and the colour delightful. I just have to leave it for 24 hours while it chemically cures and then I...
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Nigel Barrow
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Thought for the day - The ending of one journey and the beginning of another
If you have been watching the posts, you will see that I have got to the end of my journey sorting fittings and sails on the boat. ...
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Nigel Barrow
- Apr 23
- 2 min
Thought for the day - A Lesson from the golf course on mental approach
Why is it when you don't think when you play a sport, it goes so well and when you start thinking it can go so wrong. We had our first...
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