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Nigel Barrow
Oct 24, 20231 min read
A Glorious morning in Gosport
The cloud formations on the drive down to Gosport were spectacular with huge pillars of cloud over the English Channel in between crystal...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 22, 20231 min read
Thought for the day - What next has started
Today I sailed at Datchet and could not have asked for better weather. We had a good turnout of boats with some top skippers but most...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 22, 20231 min read
IOM Europeans Torrevieja 2023 - What next?
Apart from individual training for me focussed on stationary positioning and holding a lane whilst squeezing the boat away from those to...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 21, 20232 min read
IOM Europeans Torrevieja 2023 - Innovations
As I looked around the fleet, I think I could see 3 new things. Sailboat RC VISS Prototype The first was the Sailboat RC VISS Prototype...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 20, 20233 min read
IOM Europeans Torrevieja 2023 - How did I do?
After starting the early races badly, I put together a string of good results but then had a period of three double digit results with a...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 19, 20232 min read
IOM European Championships Torrevieja 2023 - The SHRS system
The Simple Heat Racing System was used at this event for the first time to get feedback from the competitors. Unlike HMS, there are a...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 18, 20236 min read
IOM European Championships Torrevieja 2023 - The Racing
In summary, racing was extremely tight which you would expect with some of the best sailors in the world with small margins for gains or...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 17, 20235 min read
IOM European Championships 2023 Torrevieja
This report is going to come in six separate posts just to build up the suspense. 1 The organisation ( I go into some detail on this as...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 5, 20233 min read
IOM Europeans - I must have missed the memo
After driving two days across France and Spain I arrived at the IOM European's site on Wednesday morning to find this: Apparently the...
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Nigel Barrow
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Thought for the day - Where Next
Of course the answer is Spain for the IOM Europeans. There will be 80 or so boats racing so a tough week ahead. Since the IOM Nationals...
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Nigel Barrow
Sep 19, 20236 min read
2023 Marblehead Nationals Keighley
See below for Draft report for Y&Y. Just waiting for full results before I post. How did I do I got into Marblehead sailing because I...
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Nigel Barrow
Sep 10, 20233 min read
DF 95 nationals - An eventful experience
So having got day one out of the way I settled into the camper for the night with good expectations for day 2. Little did I know what...
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Nigel Barrow
Sep 8, 20231 min read
DF95 Nationals - Day 1
A light testy day at Poole. We are racing with 3 heats as there are over 50 boats. We nearly had 5 races sailed but the last "A" heat...
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Nigel Barrow
Sep 2, 20235 min read
Report on IOM Nationals
UK (IOM) National Championships 2023, Fleetwood The International One Metre is arguably the most popular of the radio sailing classes and...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 29, 20233 min read
IOM Nationals - The results are in.
If you want pictures, fleetboards etc and general reports and comments, look up the posts on Facebook - MYA Downwind. So how did the 3...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Thought for the day - A useful gadget
I was sailing at Datchet on Sunday and notice Phil Holliday was using a nifty gadget to dry the inside of his boat out without removing...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Thought for the Day - the clock is ticking
As always a big thank you to those who have bought me a coffee. It is much appreciated and if you enjoy this site why not pop over to...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 13, 20231 min read
Pre Nationals Training at Datchet
If you are looking for somewhere to practice next Saturday (19/08/23) prior to the IOM Nationals, why not join us at Datchet. Today we...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 5, 20238 min read
A Vane National Championships
You always hear the stories from the winners or these events so I thought it time to tell the story from the back end of the fleet. I...
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Nigel Barrow
Aug 5, 20231 min read
Thought for the Day - It has been a long time
It was a busy July, finishing golf competitions, working up a Marblehead and sailing an A Vane yacht in the national championships. I...
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