Thought for the day - racing in Gosport
Another gem of a day with a medium A rig breeze almost blowing down the lake. The darnedest thing happened in the first two races. Bear...
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Nigel Barrow
Feb 7, 20226 min read
Thought for the Day - The Chipstead report
See Dave Allinson report below with picture and results. After being blown around the motorway in the campervan, I arrived at Chipstead...
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Nigel Barrow
Feb 4, 20221 min read
Thought for the Day - Final preparations for the season
Its taken a while to get all the bits together, but here is the racing kit for the season. Britpop hull, BG sails, PG spars 2 A rigs. 1...
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Nigel Barrow
Feb 2, 20221 min read
Thought for the day - Another brilliant days racing at Gosport
There is a core of talent developing in the South. We had a superb mornings racing in top end of A rig conditions. The wind was shifty...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Thought for the day - An Addendum to the salt saga
I check weighed the boat recently on my scales which over read slightly and the weight was 4024 grams and I was trying to work out why...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 29, 20221 min read
Thought for the day - My boat makes salt
A strange title but please read on and you will understand. I have regularly sailed on salt water venues and religiously washed the boat,...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day - How long should a set of sails last for
I don't know the answer to this but I do have some facts to share. As an exercise I went back over all my results since June and counted...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day - Good days and bad days
Sometimes the day just won't go the way you want it. Today was one of those days but almost entirely of my own making. It started with a...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 25, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - The Manor Park Report
Sometimes you wonder about the intelligence of the human race. On my journey from Farnham to Birmingham, on the M3, there were big...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 23, 20221 min read
Thought for the day - Manor Park Open
2nd at Manor park today, Great win for Darin Ballington by 5 points after 12 races. Report tomorrow.
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 23, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - How I set the boat up for race day
The set up process can be done in around 5-10 minutes and once completed is left for the day unless wind conditions change...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 22, 20224 min read
Thought for the day - Additional thoughts on how the mast mainsail relationship works
Here are some thoughts on the rig set up on an IOM. Before you say that I am overthinking this, my goal is to find a single rig setup...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Thought for the day - Good day at Emsworth
The wind blew straight down the Slipper Pond providing a good course with a swinging breeze. The sun shone brightly and we were blessed...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - Impact of the spreaders on mast set up
Ever since I started sailing IOM's, I always wondered why I was fast in light weather but not so competitive in a breeze. As the wind...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 17, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - It might be early in the season but get precise about you rig setup
Thinking about racing yesterday, I was a little lapse on my boat setup. It was a friendly day but being a bit lapse is a bad habit to...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 16, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day - A calm day at Emsworth
The Open at Bourneville was postponed for one week as the pond was frozen over so off to Emsworth. The wind was absent when I arrived at...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 14, 20226 min read
Thought for the day - "I feel the need, the need for speed"
I have just update the web site pages, working up an IOM and added a page on sailing an IOM. Thought you might like to see it. How often...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 13, 20221 min read
Thought for the Day - What size of line for the mainsheet
I upgraded my mainsheet from 35kg line to 55 kg line to reduce the number of times I have to replace the sheet because of wear. ...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 8, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - Time to update the boat
Having sold my home builds, it is time to work up the Britpop so it is reliable for the year. I (and my wife) cannot believe how long it...
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Nigel Barrow
Jan 5, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - Time for pre-season maintenance if you are in the Northern hemisphere
Now I no longer have the blue boat to work on, I started reviewing the Britpop. I sorted the knotty slippage problem I had when last...
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