This morning, the weather was nice but not for sailing. There was hardly any wind and on top of that I was slightly late and as a result I didn’t rig Bubble properly. I forgot to put the clew strap. The clew strap holds the bottom rear corner of the sail onto the boom. On…

This morning I got up a bit late. I was supposed to meet Steven, Pete and Brent at the club to finish sorting out the club Lasers and maybe sail after the Merlin Rocket Open Meeting. As I was getting into my car, Steve called me. He was still at home and he said he…

Today, at Wembley we had a Merlin Rocket Team Racing event. Usually, I work on Saturdays, but I managed to swap it. Steve was supposed to be driving an umpire boat and I had decided to go to the club and see if they needed any help. If not, I could cruise in my Laser…

Holiday is over, back to work and back to the Welsh Harp. Bubble was sailed at the Brent Regatta, an event organised jointly by BTYC and Seahorse Sailing Club, and finished third on one of the races. Obviously, it wasn’t sailed by me, but this means that she is a good boat that can win…

Today, as promised, I will tell you how to properly sail a Hobie. The truth is that I didn’t know myself, but thanks to Steve, who’s back in London, we were prepared. Since last time we had problems tacking the Hobie Twixxy, I emailed Steve and asked him to tell me how to do it…