Since the Veterans Championship I have been playing a lot of golf and that teaches you to quieten your mind before each shot. ...

What a brilliant weekend, well organised by the MYA and Lincoln Radio Sailing Club, with fabulous sailing in a well behaved fleet. So...

What a start to the weekend. We left home on Friday at 11am and hit a traffic jam around our home town of Farnham. Sat Nav then took us...

50 hardy souls are heading for Lincoln for the IOM Veterans Championship The venue is a square gravel pit, uniquely not surrounded by...

We had a brilliant day of racing at Frensham on Tuesday (see pictures below). The wind was at the top level for the B rig with gusts of...

The last of the leaks Despite thinking I had fixed all the leaks, the boat was leaking worse than ever last Tuesday. Clearly I was...

Great day racing at Frensham. 8+ IOM's out today. Almost a clean sweep bar one race where I finished second. The new paint job looked...

The spray painting was a success and the colour delightful. I just have to leave it for 24 hours while it chemically cures and then I...

If you have been watching the posts, you will see that I have got to the end of my journey sorting fittings and sails on the boat. ...

Why is it when you don't think when you play a sport, it goes so well and when you start thinking it can go so wrong. We had our first...

The roller bearing jib pivot from Sailsetc works brilliantly in a breeze but when the wind dies the geometry of the fitting is such. it...

A beautiful day at Frensham pond in near perfect winds (5-8 knots of breeze from the NE in the morning with a patchier breeze in the...

Since the new boat was launched I have been plagued by leaks. 2 in the bow, 3 in the fin box and one half of the radio pot cracked away...

The best way to learn about your transmitter is to talk to someone who has a similar device and compare notes. I have a flysky...

One comment I read about one of our top radio sailors which surprised me was how little he varied the back stay, plus or minus 2 mm. I...

Before we get into something could be considered a bit dull, I went two boat tuning yesterday at Frensham pond in a perfect NE wind where...

In most radio and dinghy sailing the start and first tack are so important. If you with the starts from the Worlds in Brazil, you will...

Last week sailing I failed to practice what I preached. I wore a very warm coat but forgot to put the warm trousers on. It was a...

Frensham Pond is a delightful setting, surrounded by glorious country side and a few trees. The winds are infuriating but as I think I...

The boat is polished, the sails are ready, the leaks are gone. Tomorrow is race day at Frensham. I played golf today and had one of the...