The Emsworth team gave me their usual warm welcome for a mornings sailing in a warm 4-8 knots southerly breeze, perfect for the Slipper...

I sailed at Frensham Pond yesterday in 3-8 knots of breeze. The rig was set up for the lightest condition at the start of the day but I...

Someone asked me today If the BG set up numbers on his web site and video zoom were good for any boat? In my opinion the setup numbers...

I took a trip up to Bourneville radio sailing club for their open meeting on 1st August. It was raining on arrival with no wind on their...

How do you rationalise an appalling performance when you know you can do so well? Chipstead sailing club is located on a reservoir on the...

I Wrote this a couple of weeks ago and forgot to post it. In order to get the best engine i.e. sails for my IOM, I felt I had 2 choices,...

How do you evaluate your performance after a days racing? Finish the days racing and go to the pub with your mates (I like that one) Sit...

The wind was at the mid range for the A rig. We had a short start line with a good beat followed by a square course back to the leeward...

I had a very interesting discussion with one of our members about hull finishes. Without going into detail the discussion went as...

So today I put the newest second hand sails on my Britpop. When I bought the boat I hadn't realised I had two sets of A rig sails and...

When researching information for a future dinghy racing website similar to this site but without the boat build, I came across some good...

Following its first competitive outing, I spent a long time thinking subjectively about the performance of the Alternative design...

We are now a community of over 2000 distributed across the globe. The pictures below show the stats and the distribution on a global...

I think I mentioned after the Vets that I needed a little more prebend to tighten up the jib luff. For whatever reason the mast was at...

After sailing last week, I got into a discussion on the ageing of boats and the effect on performance. IOM's are low stress boats and...

The biggest learning from the Vets championship was to stay out of trouble. Thankfully I learned my lesson when sailing at Emsworth on...

I visited my home club Frensham Pond Sailing Club last weekend and met up with some GP14 sailor. We got into a discussion about what...

Thee are days when you look at a sailing venue and the wind patterns on the water enter your mind and you know exactly how to play then. ...

So today I started working on increasing the prebend. The mast originally had 12mm prebend but this reduced to approx 5mm meaning I have...