top of page
Search
Nigel Barrow
13 minutes ago1 min read
What do you do when you have made 3 boats? Make another one of course.
There is no stopping Craig on his search for the ideal design of an IOM. The third boat is printed to replace the one that I cracked. ...
0 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
4 days ago4 min read
Moving forward into the New Year
A wise skipper once said to me, keep all your options open. That same skipper is upgrading his design and benchmarking/two boat testing...
159 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Dec 142 min read
What have I done to offend the wind gods
I think I might have to change my religious allegience or was it because I took an interest in a programme that talked about the origins...
110 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Dec 111 min read
What a treat - Emsworth Slipper Club Christmas Lunch
So I had the pleasure to sit next to two of Rodney Pattison's Flying Dutchman crew. Chris Davies was Rodney's crew when they won Gold in...
72 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Dec 103 min read
The Last 7mm
Those of you who have followed my Alioth development will know that I have been plagued by weather helm and had I known what I know now...
170 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Dec 51 min read
The New Alioth Fins
I was racing at Gosport today against a new Alioth which was fiercly competitive and proudly sported a new set of Aioth fins and bulb...
144 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Dec 31 min read
What now
I think I need to regroup and get back to basics. Clearly I am not good enough in a big fleet Racing and slightly off the pace. So wi...
183 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Nov 302 min read
Thoughts on the worlds - Wrap up
If you are a competitive sailor and really want to stretch yourself and are able to qualify, a worlds event is a must to see how the best...
180 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Nov 273 min read
Thoughts on the Worlds - What makes a great regatta
The red marker shows the location of the sailing area. The wind was predominant from the Spinnaker park label In summary a great regatta...
135 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Nov 254 min read
Thoughts on the worlds- So what did I learn
PREPARATION - there is another version of this expression which I will not repeat Perfect Preparation leads to Perfect Performance....
157 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Nov 235 min read
Thoughts on the worlds - Race by race performance
Racing summary 9 demotions and 9 promotions 31 heats sailed in all (out of 20 races) 5 last places. 3 of those in race 2, 3, and 4 2...
113 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Nov 213 min read
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...
238 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Nov 193 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...
226 views0 comments
Nigel Barrow
Nov 172 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...
483 views0 comments
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...
246 views0 comments
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...
235 views0 comments
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...
186 views0 comments
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...
166 views0 comments
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...
170 views0 comments
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....
138 views0 comments
bottom of page