Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore Lovely sunshine and warmth all day on Wednesday made for a most enjoyable day for cruisers and racers alike, shorties and shorts, sun cream and hats were, at last, the order of the day. An unexpectedly lively breeze popped up at lunchtime to give the school sailors [...]
Sailing Report - Rob Mitchell, Commodore Last Wednesday evening was another interesting race with significant wind shifts and a dying breeze, a challenging course and from where I sat lots of Lasers all of which led to a mix of emotions and a test of patience with forward planning, concentration and perseverance bringing success [...]
Steve’s Tip of the Month: Mental Toughness I recently had an enjoyable chat with Andy Southall about mental toughness. Andy is not only one of the most decent blokes I’ve ever met, but he is also a real scholar of human behaviour and mental fitness. Our conversation helped me to pen a few notes [...]
Sailing Report - Rob Mitchell, Commodore Last Wednesday evening racing was always going to be challenging in 0 knots but a number of boats went afloat in the hope of change or perhaps to justify dinner and with a lamb rogan josh filling from the west and with gusts of turkey korma, they were [...]
Dear Solo Sailors, Early Summer Points AM Although we were the most popular class on the water again today, the racing was very challenging. It looked to begin with as if the wind might perform as per the forecast and Ken Comrie our Race Officer drove his committee boat down to the leeward end [...]
