Recent correspondence suggested that an article of starting might be due. We know about the basics but what really matters on the start...

I have always wondered why my sails looked flatter than anyone else with a BG rig. I use the right numbers on the BG web site and...

Digital art by my talented son

I have been pondering this question since the Nationals at Fleetwood. Let me start by claiming that I have no idea why his boat is so...

7 November 2021 The day was a blur. It started peacefully chatting to the organisers, sipping coffee by the lake watching the swans,...

As most of you know I had the opportunity to buy a Britpop mid 2021 to take out the one variable to boat speed that was unknown to me. ...

The first change is on the mast. I internally secured both the shrouds and the top of the jib using a bowsie inside the mast as per...

So much happened over this weekend at the Two Island (Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes) Ranking event. I had put in plenty of practice for...

I sailed at Gosport yesterday with a B rig and noticed the the thin bungee i was using to tension the topping lift was too tight and...

When I first started sailing IOM's I found it very hard to be gentle steering the boat and one could see it zig zagging downwind...

How many of us have suffered the jib topping lift getting caught behind a spreader and losing a race because of it. It is an annoying...

I wasn't going to post anything until the next ranking race but sitting in the house recovering after a minor procedure on the face to...

I received an email requesting help on setting up a Futaba T6K transmitter. The owner had previously used a Flysky and wanted to upgrade...

This will be the last post until the next ranking event but I think it is one of the most significant observations I have made so far....

If I had written this yesterday, I would have quoted Captain Tom. a hundred year old man who walked the length of his garden every day to...

Now I am in a more positive frame of mind, I was listening to a podcast on neuroscience and how the brain causes you to feel, see and...

How do I describe my performance at the ranking event at Coalhouse Fort. A game of two halves. I think the story of this sailors...

Time to put into practice what I learned at the Nationals. The question is, will I lose sight of my boat again on the start line? Will...

Brilliantly run by the Fleetwood team on a lake 800 by 70 feet lying in an approximate East west direction right on the NW coast of...

Arrived in Fleetwood yesterday evening to be greeted with some local fleet racing. There was a yellow boat winning every race and it...