There is a core of talent developing in the South. We had a superb mornings racing in top end of A rig conditions. The wind was shifty...

I check weighed the boat recently on my scales which over read slightly and the weight was 4024 grams and I was trying to work out why...

A strange title but please read on and you will understand. I have regularly sailed on salt water venues and religiously washed the boat,...

I don't know the answer to this but I do have some facts to share. As an exercise I went back over all my results since June and counted...

Sometimes the day just won't go the way you want it. Today was one of those days but almost entirely of my own making. It started with a...

Sometimes you wonder about the intelligence of the human race. On my journey from Farnham to Birmingham, on the M3, there were big...

2nd at Manor park today, Great win for Darin Ballington by 5 points after 12 races. Report tomorrow.

The set up process can be done in around 5-10 minutes and once completed is left for the day unless wind conditions change...

Here are some thoughts on the rig set up on an IOM. Before you say that I am overthinking this, my goal is to find a single rig setup...

The wind blew straight down the Slipper Pond providing a good course with a swinging breeze. The sun shone brightly and we were blessed...

Ever since I started sailing IOM's, I always wondered why I was fast in light weather but not so competitive in a breeze. As the wind...

Thinking about racing yesterday, I was a little lapse on my boat setup. It was a friendly day but being a bit lapse is a bad habit to...

The Open at Bourneville was postponed for one week as the pond was frozen over so off to Emsworth. The wind was absent when I arrived at...

I have just update the web site pages, working up an IOM and added a page on sailing an IOM. Thought you might like to see it. How often...

I upgraded my mainsheet from 35kg line to 55 kg line to reduce the number of times I have to replace the sheet because of wear. ...

Having sold my home builds, it is time to work up the Britpop so it is reliable for the year. I (and my wife) cannot believe how long it...

Now I no longer have the blue boat to work on, I started reviewing the Britpop. I sorted the knotty slippage problem I had when last...

First some thank you's. Thank you to all who have made this year so much fun and I look forward to meeting up through the next year. ...

Today I said farewell to the Blue boat which was my second attempt at an Alternative. This is the one that finished fifteenth in my...

Today, we had some fantastic racing at Gosport with winds in the 20's most of the morning with a couple of squats. In the first race we...