Thought for the day - Receivers in carbon fibre hulls
When I start sailing my Marblehead, the receiver fell into the bottom of the boat. I could only sail 50 yards before the telemetry alarm...
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Nigel Barrow
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Vane A sailing championships at Fleetwood
I do not know if you saw this on Facebook or anywhere else but it is worth taking a look. As usual at Fleetwood there was plenty of wind....
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Nigel Barrow
- Aug 3
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Trouble with a soft jib leech??
The other day racing at Emsworth in conditions at the top end of the A rig, I struggled to control the tension of the jib leech and that...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jul 31
- 2 min
Thought for the day - Breather tube on an IOM??????
Last Thursday I returned to Gosport for some great racing. Following the recent weed cut there were 8 races without a single weed issue....
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Nigel Barrow
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Little things
I took the Marblehead for a sail with the Swing A rig at Frensham the other day and managed to thread my way through the weed. There...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Thought for the Day - Job done
The re-rig of the M's 5 rigs is complete thanks to the current heat wave. It was a great way of using up some of my accumulated stock of...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jul 18
- 1 min
Thought for the Day - Pimping the B Rig
As it is hot outside today (35 degrees at 3.30pm), I took the opportunity to look at the B rig. Its conventional with a carbon rod...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Thought for the Day - Lessons in Carbon fibre
So today I started looking inside the new Marblehead. Inside the radio pot, there is a nice Spectrum receiver AR410 and a Hi-Tech mini...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Thought for the day - New boat coming this week
I was looking for another boat to sail to and develop as my IOM is pretty well sorted. Of course there was the DF95 which is sailed...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Thought for the day - RYA - "Tactics" by Mark Rushall
Just done a first scan on the book and love Mark's approach. It has reminded me of many things I used to know but have since forgotten....
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 30
- 1 min
Thought for the Day - Emsworth training
Great day of sailing today. The focus was on the training exercises I laid out in a previous blog. Good execution. 11 out of 11 wins...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 30
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Sealing the radio pot lid
I think I mentioned the issue of the hull going hot and cold over the weekend and water being sucked into the boat. I believe it was...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 29
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Updated ranking lists
I know the ranking lists are slightly artificial at the moment with several of the top players not having completed enough events but it...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 28
- 1 min
Thought for the Day - Back to school
Whilst racing over the weekend I was wondering about my tactics or rather lack of tactics and realised I probably needed a refresher...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 27
- 3 min
Thought for the day - One of the best sailing venues in the South
Longham Lakes is a superb sailing venue and the Poole team put on some great races for us on a weekend blessed with fantastic sailing...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 26
- 1 min
Thought for the day - A bit of a slip
Here are the results from Sunday. Good to get 2 results in the top 10 and see the impact on the overall rankings. More next week.
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 25
- 1 min
Thought for the day-Getting better
Here are the results from day one of the ranking weekend at Poole. B rig all day in shifty winds.
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Thought for the day - Two Islands Open
A great day out with some stiff competition and well run meeting by Mike Kemp and his team. Thank you all. It was a most enjoyable...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 17
- 1 min
Thought for the day - Some great racing drone footage from Foster City, San Diego Model Boat Pond
Several races shown on you tube. Here is a link to the full play list https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLUqSjmQqM9qxLeL47WQtn1Vd0D...
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Nigel Barrow
- Jun 17
- 1 min
Thought for the day - know your rig tension
I have to admit that now I know the right rig tension to apply, it makes such a difference to the boat set up. The rig yesterday looked...
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