So after nearly a week from arrival we have now completed our first day of racing here at Medemblik. Race 1 was very light winds, with shifty winds, making it difficult to make a tactical decision on the upwind sections of the race, it was safer just to stay in the middle but if you […]
Another sunny day has passed here at Medemblik , the wind was probably the strongest we’ve had so far, however we were still not planing consistently. The event is coming ever closer, tomorrow registrationa dn measurement will be open. After our briefing and warmup we went out on the water to do more training for […]
Medemblik gave us much lighter winds today than yesterday, however it was building slightly throughout the day. For the warmup we played a variation of team handball. We then went out onto the water and did some pumping training to help us if there is a light wind day during the event. After a quick […]
Pitsford gave us mixed wind conditions today, ranging from absolutely nothing to fully planing. This made it a difficult call, out on the water in what to do. We were constantly re-adjusting our Bic Techno One Design kit. I was out on my 6.8 sail which is the one I will be using in the World […]
The camp has come to a finale with another day here at North Lincolnshire and Humberside Sailing Club. We had marginal wind conditions here and we were once again on the larger boards. Today my choice of board was a 180 litre Starboard Expression, with the 4.7 Tushingham Edge I’ve been using over the last […]
OK so another day has ended at the freestyle camp and that means tomorrow is going to be the Last Day. Today there was definitely less wind than there was yesterday so we used bigger boards, I was on a Starboard Go 155l, which gave me plenty of board compared to my JP I used yesterday.In the […]
I am currently on a freestlye course at North Lincolnshire and Humberside Sailing Club, headed by Sam Ross (Sponsors: Tushingham, Starboard) and demo kit is available, from Sam and Juice Boardsports. According to the forecast, this will have been the windiest day, it was a moderate base wind with awesome gusts to get going. Mostly I […]