Dave Evans, one of GBR's best 49er helmsmen, talks about the crucial skill needed to slow the skiff down when charging through big waves. Otherwise, it's the dreaded pitchpole. Watch, listen and learn if you want to stop falling over the handlebars.....
Datchet Water’s Ben Schooling raced his Musto Skiff to victory in the 2013 Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, the first event of the GJW Direct Sailjuice Winter Series. On being asked the secret to his success at Draycote, Ben Schooling offered five observations about his performance....
The GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series gets under way on the weekend of 23rd and 24th November at the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, the first of eight major winter handicap events in this tough Series. Last year at Draycote, Pete Nelson’s RS600 prevailed over the Merlin Rocket sailed by Dave Hayes and Jonny Ratcliffe, with Andy Couch’s Phantom singlehander in 3rd overall. Who will win this time?
Bora Gulari talks technical, looking at some of the killer technology that helped him win the International Moth Worlds in The Gorge. He also breaks some of the myths about Moths and foiling boats, such as needing to be a flyweight, and talks about the joys of turning up 'The Dial'....