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    Aug 29 2010

    Up and Coming Windsurfers Join RSX Worlds

    Welcome from the sunny but sometimes rainy town of Keteminde in Denmark. The windsurfers from the Skandia Team GBR are here putting the final preparations together for the RS:X World Championships. 
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    Aug 27 2010

    Waiting On A Wheel......

    It is never ideal when you arrive at a venue to prepare for a World Championships that start a few days later only to discover that all the sailors’ kit and your RIB are stuck in Germany courtesy of a blown wheel bearing but this was the news that greeted us on Tuesday as we headed to Denmark!
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    Aug 27 2010

    Relaxed For The Worlds

    When you have had a bit of time away from the board it’s always a little pain painful getting your body used to windsurfing again.
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    Aug 25 2010

    Best Day of Sailing This Year!

    Probably the best day sailing so far this year today!!!! Out in Hayling bay with the sun shining gust of over 30 knots and a big sea running, pretty exhilarating stuff. Life was made even better with the arrival of new wetsuits this morning nice.....
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    Aug 17 2010

    Tough week at Sail for Gold

    After a physical week of racing and a final day of 3, 1 on the score board it all came down to the medal race.
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    Aug 15 2010

    VIDEO: Day 6 Round Up

    Catch all the action from the final day of Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta.
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    Aug 14 2010

    Medal Race, Sail for Gold

    Hello all, well sadly Peter and I ended the Sail for Gold on a very gutting note. We felt we had a great plan and were feeling great before the start of the medal race today.
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    Aug 13 2010

    2 silvers and hopefully more medals to come!

    The regatta is reaching its final stages and I’m pleased to say that we have bagged two medals in the Paralympic classes.
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    Aug 12 2010

    VIDEO: Let's get physio!

    Team Physiotherapist Chris Gordon explains how he helps sailors recover from the rigors of an international regatta.
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    Aug 12 2010

    VIDEO: Lucy MacGregor Interview

    Lucy MacGregor updates us on her progress at Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta.
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    Aug 11 2010

    Day 3 in the 470 class

    The event so far has been pretty interesting. Stuart and I like heavy breeze and waves and yesterday really played to our strengths. In particular the cross swell that comes into the bay, is a really difficult condition to sail and being local to the area and spending a lot of time training in the waters of Weymouth and Portland we are used to sailing it and handle it well.

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    Aug 11 2010

    VIDEO: Day Two Round-up

    Strong winds were the dominant feature on day two of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, with postponements rife across the race courses in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour.
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    Aug 11 2010

    The story so far......

    Big breeze yesterday for Day 2 in Weymouth and some long days on the water for a lot of classes. The day started really light but as the boats left the slip way the breeze built and we ended up with up to 30 knot gusts, needless to say it was some wet ‘n’ windy racing and all of the coaches who were out on the water were pretty drenched too, I had some guests in the RIB with me and it was a fairly unglamorous day for boating!
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    Aug 10 2010

    VIDEO: Solid Start for Skandia Team GBR

    Skandia Team GBR got off to a solid start on the opening day of their home World Cup regatta in Weymouth and Portland on Monday (9 August).
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    Aug 9 2010

    The event gets underway!

    Today saw a solid start for Skandia Team GBR, I am pleased to have the regatta underway now so that we can shake off any pre-regatta nerves and finally get into racing after a lot of preparation by the sailors and the team that support them on and off the water. Today’s conditions were quite tricky and shifty and as Nick Dempsey has said on his earlier blog, not very Weymouth like. However we are pleased that we have sailable conditions today, reflecting on last year where it was blowing 20 knots plus for a lot of the regatta and we spent quite a lot of time sitting ashore postponed.
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    Aug 9 2010

    Solid first day

    Good day on the water for me in Weymouth and Portland with a first and a fifth. It was a day of tricky conditions, very shifty and unstable and definetely not typical of a Weymouth breeze.
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    Aug 8 2010

    Practice Day at Sail for Gold

    Hello all,Our apologies for not keeping everyone more up to speed over the last few weeks. Since the European Championships it's been busy busy.
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    Aug 8 2010

    Confined to shore for Sail for Gold...

    It’s the eve of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta – the biggest ISAF World Cup event so far, and certainly the biggest sailing event yet seen at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.
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    Aug 3 2010

    One week to go......

    With under a week to go until racing starts at the 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold regatta, Alain and I are having a few days off. We always try to get some time off before any major regatta so that when we come back we are fully focussed on the task ahead. It feels odd sometimes being sat at home with nothing to do for a day, when usually it never feels like we have enough time in the day!
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    Aug 3 2010

    The main event

    Skandia Sail for Gold is our sole focus for the next 14 days. its basically been the main event for us in 2010. It’s at the Olympic venue, it’s the culmination of the ISAF Sailing World Cup so it’s a big deal and we’re looking forward to the competition
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