I sailed the Marblehead at Frensham this Tuesday. After the troubles of Sunday all fixed, it was good to sail in a 5 to 10 knot NNE wind...

First of all thank you to all those who bought me a coffee so far. I am 1/6th of the way to covering the next web site subscription so...

Just noticed a feed on facebook which said you can buy a brand new laser for £4,999. Of course you have to add in a trolley, a roof rack...

First I would like to thank those supporters who have bought me a coffee. The renewal fee for the web site is coming up and is...

Took a short trip to Emsworth to test out the virus recovery. Pleased to report an improved performance but still some way to go. ...

Sadly I had to pull out of racing tomorrow as the virus that held me back last week is still with me. On another note I started my role...

There are days when nothing can go wrong and there are days where just about everything could go wrong, in todays case in my head. The...

Its a 3 hour journey to Lincoln but thankfully on dual carriageway or motorway all the way. Driving up on a Saturday night made the trip...

So my midweek sailing is scuppered. There was a perfect NE breeze at Frensham on Tuesday but as I watched a duck trying to land on the...

As I watch another race day pass by with no sailing because of ice, I starting thinking about the journey to pimp up a Marblehead. When I...

So there I was, with my better half sorting out the van, for the journey up on Saturday night when the email came through from Jen to say...

It was worth putting all the time and effort into making sure the rigs and rigging were robust last week as the wind blew at Chipstead...

With the first Marblehead GAMES at Chipstead in strong winds coming up tomorrow I wanted the boat to be as sound as possible. There were...

As I looked at the number of posts over the last couple of year I began thinking about the post ideas that had the most impact on my...

The forecast for Sunday was grim as far as the rain was concerned and so it proved to be. I spent the whole day in a SouWester which not...

A fantastic morning sailing at Gosport in mid A rig condition. Wind was straight down the lake, well just coming off one side which...

Following the conditions at Fleetwood at their Twixmass regatta, it showed the value of waterproofing your electrics. Racing all day in...

I noticed on facebook that there was an entry on wind ranges for the 3 IOM rigs which I thought was worth looking into in more detail. ...

I read with envy the story of the Twixmass racing at Fleetwood. Whilst the DF95's did not have the best of the wind the IOM's had a...

So I wrote to Santa asking for a new Marblehead and 10 Rater and to my disappointment this morning there was nothing outside or inside...