Simon , I am planning to sail sport mode , hopefully Ray will be joining us , are you planning to sail sport mode ?

Simon , I would be interested but need to warn you that my available dates between now and Xmas are limited . Keep us all posted .

I don't believe it ! The forecast for Saturday is windy , whose going ? Ray are you and George going and are you sporting ???

Thanks to all the folk at Royal Western Yacht Club for organizing a great event , I really enjoyed the sailing and the race committee did a great job on the water . All of the RWYC sailors performed really well and I am sure there are a couple of future champions amongst them ! Probably the youngest...

Hi , is there anyone from Royal Western YC who can tell us a little bit about sprint 15 sailing at Plymouth , whats the preferred sailing format is it una rig or sport mode , how many boats do you think will sail in the TT ? I have always wanted to sail in Plymouth sound so keen to hear more about t...

I'm in George

Liam , really enjoyed the video's and the music ! Very informative , keep em coming !!!

Brilliant photo's ! Thanks to all who sailed at Draycote , really enjoyable days sailing !

Ed , Jan and Derek are planning to come from Draycote , should arrive Saturday afternoon , time to get mast up . Is the club house open Saturday afternoon ? We are looking for somewhere to watch the rugby ! Looking forward to it ...windy and cold !!!!

Just finished repairing and refurbishing my rudders , thanks for all of the tips . My top tips for anyone else thinking about refurbishing their rudders are ; 1. Remove rudder blade from stock and bring into house to completely dry out 2. Clear out split in bottom of blade with a thin knife and a sh...

Really enjoyed the event at Rutland , thanks to Steve for organizing . 3 back to back races in mid winter is a great format ! See you at Draycote for the next event

Brian / Bob , thanks for your replies !

Brian I will ring you before I attempt repair and thanks for the offer of advice , much appreciated !

Cheers Derek

Well I was really enjoying the racing at Stewartby until I stupidly damaged my rudders :roll: I have ordered pintle repair kits from windsport but does anyone have any advice on how to repair the fibre glass blade itself . I have a 100mm spilt along the joint line at the bottom of one of the blades ...

All,
thanks for all of your replies and suggestions . I think basically I need to give it some welly . I have the offending part soaking in WD40 at the moment and will give it another try at the week end .
Cheers
Derek

Mike ,
I tried a blow torch , I heated tube as much as I dare but worried about melting / hardening tube .
Cheers
Derek