Well , great day for sailing and sprinting , the wind was a good 20 knots all day with the odd gust and shift . Ed and I put in a good sprinting session this morning . Just a couple of things . 1) How come Ed can go faster and point higher by hiking than I can trapesing ? 2) The boat kept stalling a...

I have signed up for the sprint nationals with Ed Tuite at Instowe in June ( Another first for Draycote SC ) So Ed and I have embarked on an intensive training programme at Draycote to refine our sprinting techniques . So far so good . We have managed to adjust our harnesses which appear to have shr...

Hi Ben , same thing happened to me earlier this year righting my boat after a capsize . Interestingly the rivets failed as I was sailing . I heard and felt some pinging and thought "whats that " :? . Any way capsized investigating problem :oops: . The righting pulled the track off what was...

:roll: Not much on the telli tonight then ! I had a nasty experience with my trailer a few days after I bought my boat last summer . I decided to take my boat home to prepare it for the nationals at saundersfoot . It didn't tow as well as I hoped for and wobbled around bends and roundabouts . Just a...

:lol: Well , being blown off the water seems to suit the Draycote boy's ! As we did so well in the winter sprint series when are the nationals ? Ed and myself are talking about trailer sharing again and trying sprinting with the pro's . Real shame about Sunday , great turn out by the travellers ! We...

Hi, I have just refurbished my Sprint 15 after the nationals . I had a real problem with my rudder mechanism , thanks Ed for the gentle rear end shunt , so decided to try and refurbish them . No rocket science or great technical knowledge involved . I basically cleaned and degreased all of the movin...

Graham ,
does this mean that you are going to Carsington ? After poor showing at Saundersfoot I am thinking that hanging off the side on a piece of wire may be the way forward . If you are going let me know where you are staying .