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...

Great mornings racing at Gosport on Tuesday. 5 wins a 2nd and 3rd, secured the win in a fleet of of 12 boats And fluky wind. Paul...

I have sailed at Gosport twice now. They have a fabulous facility with racing run by Paul Edwards who does an amazing job. Not only is...

It is a curious thing to enter an event which one has not done before, where there are so many experienced players to race against. When...

An IOM yacht is only one metre long but like a full scale yacht there are 101 things to check before a championship. Here is the list of...

I overheard a conversation at Emsworth the other day about jib sheeting where someone said they ran the jib sheet through two fairleads...

We had an incident at Frensham the other day where I was following another IOM about 6 boat lengths behind on starboard on a reach. The...