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Well Hello everyone, long time no posting! Yes I'll definitely be down for some of the most tidally challenging racing you can get south of Oban! The pincer movement on Ray seemed to work, though I think Robert has had to relinquish his aspirations, Worlds in a half-boat did for him! :lol: Mark &...
As Liam pointed out in an earlier post, under the current Rules for National Championships 5.3 '...Boats without cocktail cabinets in each hull shall carry correction weights.' So we have the rule in place to allow the new boats to carry correctors. In fact this rule REQUIRES the new boats to carry ...
One other point, if we were not honourable sailors we might actually require measurement certificates under National Champs Rule 5.3 & as I have never seen one of these for the 10 or so boats I have owned & replacements are not issued, I expect that would result in only the Africa boats &...
Hi Will, I agree that it is frustrating that a noticeable weight difference appears to have occurred. I strongly agree with Liam that if we are going to normalise weights the new boats should have correctors added. Due to manufacturing differences over time, damage repair & some take up of moist...
In previous times when I was much more active on the circuit , I read all the write ups online and so the mag was a quick flick. Today the mag dropped through the letterbox and I am looking forward to putting my feet up, leaning back and enjoying finding out what my sailing mates have been up to. Go...
Saturday saw 7 Rio hopefuls in the Sprint 15 class receive some first class training from Messrs Boardman, Watson and Carter in a "fresh" some would say "arctic" force 4. Just another summer day at Warley Moor. The morning saw all helms lining their steeds up in the rigging area,...
During the week boards, bikes, boats, bivouacs and beer had been loaded into & onto cars and trailers. Four couples set off on Friday afternoon; Simon & Adelle in their gas powered motorhome (Simon's flatulence does have a purpose after all!) trailing 2 Sprint15s, Nathan & Sara in little...
Hi All I recently went on a safety boat course & thoroughly recommend it, particularly if you can teach the instructor a bit about cats!! One thing I questioned was the RYA recommended cat boarding method of going under the tramp & climbing in between the rear beam & con bar. This techni...
Currently owned by Charles Watson & renovated to be used as a training boat at Halifax SC. Bought from 12th Halifax Sea Scouts, they had not sailed her for a few years as their DI (Cat) had moved away. She was in a bit of a sorry state. Prior to this I believe she was sailed/owned by Mick Pullen...
Hi Steve, I thought you'd be the man to respond to this one! :wink: I've found the crack in the leading edge of the heavy blade & am draining it at the moment. Curiously the blade is from an 18 and had had its breather hole carefully filled in, so its chance of draining was even less. Yes I agre...
YDSC is a bit warmer than HxSC as it's 400ft lower, but still 1000ft higher than the salty stuff. The club is indeed very welcoming, food excellent & WARMING and club great for viewing the sailing. The warm changing room floor on your cold toes-ise is absolute bliss! Oh, and the sailing is good ...
We don't have southern softie downs in Yorkshire, we have windswept & interesting dales which transition from the flat lands of the East Coast to the true grit of the Pennines.
Hi All Just thought I'd let you know that a few of the Sprinters from Halifax are planning to get their buckets & spades out and pop over to Filey for the Regatta, if anyone else 'up north' is interested. I realise it's the same weekend as the Sport Nationals, but as these are pretty much at the...
