Thought for the Day - Wind Ranges for IOM Rigs
I noticed on facebook that there was an entry on wind ranges for the 3 IOM rigs which I thought was worth looking into in more detail. ...
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Nigel Barrow
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day - The last racing of 2022
I read with envy the story of the Twixmass racing at Fleetwood. Whilst the DF95's did not have the best of the wind the IOM's had a...
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Nigel Barrow
Dec 25, 20221 min read
Thought for the day - Where was Santa?
So I wrote to Santa asking for a new Marblehead and 10 Rater and to my disappointment this morning there was nothing outside or inside...
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Nigel Barrow
Dec 23, 20224 min read
Thought for the Day - A year of progress
It's amazing how time flies when you are busy. For me, it was a year as Seniors Captain at Blackmoor Golf Club and lots of sailing to...
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Nigel Barrow
Dec 21, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - Marblehead Developments
My first job with the boat after initial racing was to modify the headsail system so I can: Raise and lower the jib boom, raise for light...
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Nigel Barrow
Dec 17, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day- When you think you know it all
So after my last blog a wise man from the Wirral advised me of some of the errors of my ways. I am extremely grateful to him and one of...
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Nigel Barrow
Dec 14, 20224 min read
Thought for the day - Brought down to earth with a bang 12/12/22
I always thought entry into the Marblehead class with an oldish boat, sails and rig would be tricky and so it proved in the my first...
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Nigel Barrow
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - Practice at Emsworth
Winter has begun and so has the training. There are at least 5 months before the first ranking events and the Nationals are in August so...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Thought for the Day - So what happened at Chipstead
I come home from meetings and often think to myself, if only I had done this or that, I would have a much better result. Not so at...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 20, 202210 min read
Thought for the day - Curing competitive anxiety
This is a long post but maybe one of the most important. It covers one of the most significant barriers to my achieving stellar...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 20, 20221 min read
A great way to finish the season - Chipstead Open winner and District Champion
Final day of the Metropolitan and Southern District Championship was held at Chipstead on 19 November. Light shifty conditions. A day...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day - Racing at Gosport
With the wind running down the lake all was set up for a fantastic mornings racing with good shifts and gusts in the wind to keep us all...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Thought for the Day - Positioning
As I sit staring out at the rain, I began to think about key tactics for IOM racing based on the opens and ranking events this year. I...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 14, 20223 min read
Thought for the Day - The Eastbourne Open
After a 2 hour journey followed by coffee and a bacon and egg sandwich, I arrived to a beautiful November morning. There was a bit of a...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day - Speed stripes rule
So I sailed at Emsworth on Thursday with a perfect wind direction for the slipper lake. Richard Callas set an excellent course to keep...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 7, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - Stats from the worlds
A view of the top 20 results can tell us a lot. First the data Country Representatives in top 20 4 French 1, 2, 9, 20 3 Croatia ...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 6, 20222 min read
Thought for the Day - Lines and Eastbourne postponement.
Lines are everywhere. You wrote them at school if you were naughty, you navigate by lat and long lines, the Aztecs drew them on the...
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Nigel Barrow
Nov 4, 20221 min read
Thought for the Day - A wet weekend
After all the excitement of the Worlds, it is back to to the business of winter sailing and off to Eastbourne on Sunday if I can get...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Thought for the day - IOM Worlds
Have you watched some of the outstanding coverage from the IOM worlds in Croatia? Tomorrow is a lay day but I have seen some of the...
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Nigel Barrow
Oct 19, 20223 min read
Thought for the Day - Freedom of thinking
Since the challenges of Manor park, there were a few outings where I started to sail with a lot more of freedom. What do I mean by this?...
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