I am always being asked to provide some helpful tips and advice for sailors coming into the sail loft. As I’ve been involved in the sailing industry and been a keen sailboat racing myself for [...]
Wind The last couple of weekends have been very disappointing for our sailboat racing in Pwllheli. The winds have been light and this has meant one frustrating race after another. So you might [...]
Learning to sail I was reading an article this morning about hoe to attract youngsters to sailing and how to keep their interest in sailboat racing when their peers have no interest in sailing. I [...]
Americas Cup Reading today about the latest reports form the states about the Americas cup – arguably the greatest sailboat racing. It’s great to see that next time the Americas Cup will be [...]
Americas Cup This day in 1983 saw sailboat history being made when Australia 11 won the Americas cup. At the time the Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hake declared that “Any boss who sacks anyone [...]
Volvo Ocean 70 I blogged last time about the money spent by sponsor on the Volvo Ocean and i was reading this morning an article by Ken Read on the future of the race. It may be all every well [...]
I was reading this morning about the amount of money involved in the Volvo Ocean race. It really is staggering amount of money for sailboat racing and probably in these chastened times unlikely [...]
America’s Cup latest There’s still a lot of controversy in San Francisco over the plans for the America Cup. I’m sure the organisers of the America’s Cup didn’t anticipate all the publicity over [...]
I was reading about the North Sails tactician app recently. It looks really handy for every sailor. But I wouldn’t advice taking an iphone on board unless you’ve got one of those dry bags to keep [...]
Well 2012 has arrived and last year we saw the wot-tac being shipped to every country in the world where there’s serious sailing. We’re all hoping for great things from all of the sailors [...]