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Archive for September, 2007

More pics from foiltown

Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Just found this, loads of great pics from the 06 worlds in Denmark.

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Video galore

Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

After last weeks regatta am Torfmoorsee Stephan Ruthenschroer sent me a video of some flying going on. Thanks Stephan!
Been training this weekend in Lemmer, lots of learning again, too much too write about really. Have a look at the video instead. Easy flying in 9 knots of wind. Damn, I really need more and more [...]

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Yardstick regatta in Hoerstel

Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I had a regatta in Hoerstel (Torfmoorsee) this weekend. The results are a bit disappointing (10 out of 14 in my class), but I find it very tough to sail these small lakes. Again: quite some improvements, but a crap result Hope I learn enough to do well on a bit bigger waters. [...]

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The perfect puff

Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The wind is gusty as usual, but at least there is wind. You’re flying on and off. Sometimes you manage to get flying easy, and you fly a long way. Sometimes you feel there is enough wind, but somehow you can’t get the boat to lift. Then it happens. Just after a tack you see [...]

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Secrets from Foiltown

Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Just discovered: a sneakily hidden URL from Foiltown: http://www.foiltown.co.uk/
They’re posting on Flickr too (some pages are restricted, but there are ways around that . Remove those restrictions you guys! mmh, what are they hiding? (edit 13/9: all free to access now, thanks!)
And Burkhard now has photo’s on Flickr too. He posted some great design [...]

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More discoveries

Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

While training this evening I kept on thinking about the tip of a 49-er sailor which I wrote about in my last race evaluation. He was telling me to “pump the puffs in”. This had helped me a lot on the second day of racing at Maaseik. Not only because it was faster, but also [...]

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Rest

Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2007 | 6 Comments »

After a bit of a rough week I’m staying home today for some rest. It is rather hard to control myself and stay home, and work on e-mails, what’s new in moth territory, and clean the house (i.e. getting my Moth tools out of the hallway).
After the mast falling off last weekend, I needed some [...]

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