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2000, Hints and Tips, Steve's Blog, Tuning Guide2000 – an easy boat to sail, a hard boat to sail fast!
A blog passing on the tips and lessons learned whilst trying, and finally winning, a 2000 National Championships. If I have not bored you with the story of why Sarah and I became 2000 sailors,...
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Event Report, Hints and Tips, Team RacingTeam Racing 101: Part 3, By George Yeoman
Downwind The downwind is often the leg that decides the race. The chasing team are able to blanket the leading boats and slow them to the point one of their team mates can go around...
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Event Report, Hints and Tips, Team RacingTeam Racing 101: Part 2, By George Yeoman
First beat The first thing to do once you are going to work up the first beat is assess who your pair is, this is usually the person who is your starting rival, but if...
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Event Report, Hints and Tips, Team RacingTeam Racing 101: Part 1 – By George Yeoman, 2017 Wilson Trophy Champion
The Wilson Trophy is the pinnacle of the UK team racing scene. It is the one event that people want to win, maybe even more so than the Nationals, which has led the “British Open...
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2000, Optimist, Team RoosterI am a lot braver now – by Gwen Sargent
I have been racing in boats since before I can remember. I won my first open meeting before I was born, helping Mummy crew when she was four months pregnant. But the first time I...
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2000, Hints and Tips, RS 300The World’s Worst Sailing Selfie (and how to improvise a hiking bench)
Well I’ll let you be the judge of that! But desperate times drive desperate measures. In this case the desperate measures were a trip to the Middle East between February and August which drove a...
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2000, Steve's BlogNew 2000 Shake Down and Sort
After picking up a new 2000 from RS sailing, I spent a day preparing the boat for the first event at Weir Wood. I changed the toe straps for Rooster 2000 Helm and Rooster 2000...
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2000, Hints and Tips, Steve's BlogWhy 2000’s are so popular
After Sarah ruptured her achilles we talked about how we were going to get her back on the water. We had the option to borrow a friends 2000 for the Chichester Yacht Club Snowflake Series. I...
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2000, Hints and Tips, OptimistShoreside support tips from Doris the Sea Goddess
I have morphed from being a Nereide Dinghy Racing Goddess myself to my new role as the mother of Dinghy Racing Gods. Hence my new name is Doris (wife of the sea god Nereus and...
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2000, OptimistWhat a difference a year makes (when you’re 8 or 10)!
Wow! I was about to put fingers to keyboard about the kids’ fantastic training and racing this autumn, but I thought I’d dip in and have a look at what we were saying this time...
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