Downwind at Chew – Rule 42 Rule 42 is the rule that governs what is permitted and what is prohibited in terms of propulsion; propulsion through the sailor’s actions and kinetics (including rocking, pumping and sculling). Julian Cooke recently told me of an instance during the Masters Inlands where he felt the pumping interpretations [...]
Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore Well done and thank you to everyone involved in the Laser Masters Inland Championship last weekend. The open meeting team, the rostered duty teams, the police group members, members who turned up just in case we needed help, those who came for general sailing – everyone was [...]
Tip of the month – using the Cunningham upwind in a blow! Andy Southall, a regular and experienced club racer at Chew, recently had his ‘cunningham epiphany’ moment at the recent Laser training day. After 10 years of Laser sailing, Andy says that he has finally realised just how much of a difference that [...]
The psychology of gybing in strong windsHow many times have we all approached the gybe mark on a windy day with trepidation? How often have we validated our concerns by taking a swim with our mates in the ‘graveyard’ of upturned hulls?!The problemThe biggest problem that I observe when watching sailors gybing in strong winds [...]
Thank you so much to the laser fleet members and others who helped out on Saturday 21st January with our dinghy park working party – we moved an impressive amount of stone with a human chain of around 30 people and did some dry-stone walling! Check out the video of the human chain at work on the club’s Facebook [...]
