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Talking Tactics - April
2008 "The Big Picture" was the theme of Mark Rushall's spring lecture tour. The next lecture is booked for 14 June, in Jersey: if you can't get there but have a weekday slot in your sailing club program and would like a new perspective on tactical decision making, please e mail Mark. "Thank you for your e-mail and for the wonderful evening you gave to Club Members. Everyone seems to have got something different from your talk, which shows how we operate so differently. From the Porchester Sailing Club website: Mark Rushall at PSC, Written by Carolyn Kenworth, 7th March 2008 Mark Rushall addressed a ‘full house’ of Members eager to hear his advice on Tactics. Without doubt, the key words of the evening were ‘THE BIG PICTURE’ and although many of us knew the basics, it was great to have clear directions on what was important, with so many things to think about during a race. We were treated to some eye-opening facts and figures to help us consider the impact of line bias, tacking on shifts, wind bends and convergence. Through modern technology, we were ‘on-board’ an SB3 with Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks, hearing all their tactical thoughts (and Mark Rushall’s comments) on how to sail the race and seeing them come from a poor start to finishing first. Most inspiring. Mark has kindly given the Club a copy of the DVD and no doubt we will be hosting an evening or two to watch it again and learn more. Our thanks to Mark Rushall for giving us a very entertaining and informative evening and to everyone who helped make the evening such a success. |
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China Paralympic Recce - October 2007 Last month Mark visited the Olympic and Paralympic sailing venue, Qingdao, where the British Paralympic team were undertaking a recce of venue and facilities. Just for once it seems that the Olympians may have drawn the short straw on conditions. At the time of next year’s Paralympics, some 3 weeks later than the Olympic regatta, we saw none of the unbearable humidity, 3 knot tides, and windless days in thick smog and rain which our prospective Olympians experienced at their test regatta. Instead we have had champagne sailing in medium breeze, some sunshine (if a little hazy on the offshore days!) and temperatures closer to a British Summer. It seems that autumn comes pretty quickly here Though we are looking forward to and hoping for similar conditions for next year’s Paralympic regatta, we are not getting too complacent: how many venues have you been to where the locals all say “it’s not normally like this here!” |
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Nationals - September 2007 The entry list at this year's SB3 nationals at Hayling Island looked like a who's who of British one design sailing: Lawrie Smith, Glen Bourke, Geoff Carveth, Russell Peters, Rob Greenhalgh, Paul Brotherton, Tony Wetherall, Tim Fells.... all past or current national or world champions, with a few Olympic medallists thrown in. "Risk Premium", sponsored by James Baxter Capital Management and helmed by Mark Rushall, began the regatta with a bullet and led a couple of other races. We couldn't quite keep this form up through the regatta, but were pretty satisfied with 5th overall in the most competitive SB3 regatta yet.
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Team GBR win Junior Europeans - August 2007 The British team, coached by Mark Rushall, returned from Medemblik, Holland, in August with three medals, one of each colour. The fleet experienced a real mix of wind conditions, combined with the characteristic Isselmeer chop and finished with an exciting sail home in 28 knots! Tom Gillard and Sam Brearey showed true grit to discard a disappointing 22nd place from the qualifying series and beat Jonny Moss and Ben Musket, ahead of the rest of the Europeans, by 8 points, while Imogen Stanley and Kate MacGregor took bronze in the girls fleet.
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