What happened at the worlds - Rig design
There was no greater contrast between the simplicity of Ian Vickers rig and the Venti rig and the more complex VISS rig. Ian’s V12 was...
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Nigel Barrow
3 days ago3 min read
What happened at the worlds - Hull design.
Before I start, you have to take into consideration that these championships were held mostly in mid to top end A rig conditions with a...
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Nigel Barrow
5 days ago2 min read
What happened at the worlds - Intro
The Gladstone IOM World Championship was a truly magnificent event with some of the best live streaming and commentary we have ever seen...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 293 min read
The last day
So I finished on a high in the last race moving from D heat to C heat to B heat and just missed qualification to A heat by a couple of...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 242 min read
Day 1-3 sum up
What can I say. The championships did not go to plan. 2nd in race 1 then last in A heat, last in B heat, last in C heat, just survived in...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 231 min read
All’s well that ends well
Probably my worst days sailing picking up penalties in every race. The worst one was where I sat stationary on the start line and a boat...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 221 min read
Worlds day 1
We spent a lot of the morning waiting for the wind to shift. Once the course was laid my strategy was to get right as soon as possible...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 213 min read
Last day before the action begins
Woke early to catch up on domestics. You know the sort of things, clothes washing, breakfast, tidying up the place, shopping, packing the...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 201 min read
A great days practice
Today was measuring day for me. The organisers made the process as smooth as possible. Weigh all the batteries Weigh the fin and bulb....
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 191 min read
The gremlins are gone for now
The new winch is reliable as is the 40mm drum. I so much prefer a regular drum over a spiral. You know exactly where you are with the...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 181 min read
I am glad we have practice days
Yesterday sailing with A rig, my RMG J series winch started screaching at me and refused to sheet in so off with that one and in with a...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 162 min read
The worlds organisation
So today I met Grant Cooper today who is the lead organiser of this championship. No small task. He drove me up to a botanical park where...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 152 min read
Gladstone
On Sunday I had the pleasure to sail with the Gladstone radio sailing club. Such a friendly bunch and very good sailors. The venue is one...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 126 min read
An interesting journey to Australia
The journey to the worlds begins. We left early for Heathrow to avoid the rush hour and met a little traffic on the M3. My bag and boat...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 91 min read
The journey to Aus begins
22 hours in the air awaits with breaks at Dubai and Brisbane. Fingers crossed the boat box and bag get there. Departure at 9pm tonight...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 64 min read
The run in to the worlds tuning the rig and other news
It’s been a while since I posted a blog. All is well, I just have not had the time to post anything or have anything meaningfull to say....
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 292 min read
Goals and plans for the Worlds
Readers of the web site will have worked out I am goal and process oriented. The easy bit is to sort out the process. The hard task is...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 272 min read
Update on Worlds Training
It is funny how some days you can have pace to keep ahead and other days you are just off the pace . In light weather I definitely had...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 142 min read
You can have the best design in the world, but.........
I was sailing at Emsworth Slipper Lake last night and had a big lesson in poor rig set up. It was a curious evening with our launch area...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 103 min read
How design faults can creep up on you
First of all thank you to all those who bought me a coffee. Your contributions make a big difference to the longevity of the web. It is...
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