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So the Worlds went awfully for us, it was our worst regatta ever just edging out the last worlds we did in Australia a few years ago. Right not we are both feeling sorry for ourselves but that’s not going to get us anywhere, we have already sat down with coach Paul to try to start to understand what went wrong. It has been extremely hard on us this week, by far the most testing time of our ... Read More.

So the end of another busy year full of local, national and international events in both the 420 and our J80.

I started the year sailing with Peter Alton having teamed up at the end of August 2010 and we qualified for the Europeans Championships having come third in our selector series. This was a great achievement for us as it was what we had aimed for after missing out on Argentina ... Read More.

Happy Halloween! We did manage to make pumpkins but I think we should stick to the sailing!

So another training camp in Weymouth done and we only have 3-4 days more sailing before we head out to Australia at the end of November for our World Championships. With this being the penultimate camp the focus changed more towards execution and winning, not that we are not always trying to win ... Read More.

By Phil Riley
Published on Saturday 29 October 2011 10:00

Dinghy racer John Pink knows the next few months will make or break his chances of representing Britain at the Olympics in 2012.

The Portsmouth-born sailor is among several members of the Skandia Team GBR squad vying to fill one of the few places remaining in the ... Read More.

The final leg of the 2011 18ft Skiff European Grand Prix was held on lake Urnersee, Switzerland and provided a spectacular backdrop for the 18 footers to battle out the last major calendar event of the year.

Our team found out on arrival that we had already secured the European Grand Prix win with this event to spare, none the less we wanted to finish on a high and pushing for the ... Read More.

First week back in 49er

Great to get back on the water in the boat we love!! And after the time off and some talking we had a few new dynamics to test out. A bit rusty in the 20kts plus we had to contend with!! but it came back pretty quick and a few days in it was starting to a feel a bit more natural.

We got straight into a bit of racing at the weekend with a National Ranker ... Read More.

Fireball Team Thuillier-Berthelot – Worlds Ireland We arrived in Sligo on June 16th evening, after thirty hours of travel (half the ferry from Cherbourg to Rosslare). We got a little scared when French customs has kindly pointed out to one of us that his ID was expired for 3 years and it might be repressing illico when arriving by ferry . Fortunately everything went well on arrival: the Irish ... Read More.

So now that the summer events season has finished I have finally managed to get some rest after six weeks away from home due to varies events.

We (myself and Pete) started the six week period in Tavira, Portugal for our 2011 European Championships. We had 4 days training prior to the event in steady 15knot sea breezes and with us going well and regularly being at the front of the ... Read More.

The third leg of the UK 18 foot skiff Grand Prix held at the Watersports Academy in conjunction with Parkstone Yacht Club also formed this years’ National Championships for the class with teams coming from all over the country to test themselves at the fantastic Sandbanks venue in Poole.

It was great for us to see new teams (KKT ex Gill/Wet n Wild, Rutland skiff and Team ... Read More.

Krailing/Linsell had already won the championships having sailed a very consistent week. The Hydons and Hall/Haighton were battling it out for 2nd place and it was all to play for in the top 10!

The race was postponed until 12noon to allow those of the fleet with Friday-Friday lets to pack up their cars ready for the long drive home after sailing. The forecast was true to form and the ... Read More.

We are lucky in the 49er class in that most years we always get to go to some great locations for our Worlds and Europeans. This year was no change, the 2011 49er European Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland. The only problem being the long drive out there!Alain, Pinky and I all drove out with the team van, 2x 49ers and 1 RYA rib, which took us 3 days to get from Southampton to ... Read More.

With exams over and us heading out to Portugal for the Europeans on the 17^th July, we decided to get some practice in at Kiel Week, Germany and Nieuwpoort Week (Flanders), Belgium. With Kiel week being at the end of June we arrived wanting to focus on getting back into the boat after having been out for nearly 2 months. With 11 races scheduled we were hoping to get a range of ... Read More.

The Mark Foy Trophy is a relatively new event that has quickly become one of the must do’s on the 18 foot skiff world tour. This year the event represented 3 major milestones as it combined the world championships, Europeans and 2^nd leg of the European Grand Prix. For us with our current form over the season we were keen to see what the new skiff and our team would be capable of on ... Read More.

We had high hopes going into the 2011 edition of the Sail for Gold regatta and a key regatta in the Olympic selection. After a solid start to the season we knew what we needed to do but at the end of the day it all fell apart on the second day of the regatta.

The first day was a tough start, we had 2 races in 2-4 knots patchy shifty conditions. We had 2 ok races with a 14,10 but with ... Read More.

After long trainings this winter the Fireball season begins in La Baule in Brittany 1st and 2nd May. We arrived fairly confident because our feelings are good after our winter workouts. This is our first major regatta of the season, event preparation for the World Championship in Ireland in June.
The French fleet has moved to this first event with almost 30 boats.
The regatta begins with ... Read More.

Well since Hyeres we have been pretty busy down in Weymouth. Normally this time of year we spend picking the kit that we are going to use for the big regatta of the year like the Worlds, Sail for Gold etc. but with our winter testing plus a bit of testing over Palma and Hyeres we already know what we are going to use for the Sail for Gold which was nice and left a few less things to be ... Read More.

So with the Worlds only finished two months ago it was yet again time for the next selection series for the 420 Europeans, due to the winter Worlds. Our first event was at Datchet and with over thirty boats entered for the whole three weekends it was setting up to be a tough series. Luckily for us Datchet is only a 15minute drive from home so we were able to go and rig the boat on Friday ... Read More.

Well Princess Sofia Regatta was a bit of a roller-coaster for us. We arrived out there a couple of days for the regatta to get the boat all ready to go and get a few practice races in. The Sunday before the regatta started was my birthday and I hit the big 23, which is starting to make me feel pretty old now.

Anyway the regatta started on Monday but not before a long wait on the shore ... Read More.

Princess Sofia 2011, Not the perfect event for us, but we stuck to our goals and came away with 10th... Bit disappointing but you can only do your best. We just seemed to lack that edge of speed, and in the racing that we had, where it was so close and not much separating boats, it was making all the difference!!

But we have had a look at how we were setting up, and its has ... Read More.

Steve Hall has joined the team at Allen in the capacity of Sales and Technical support. Steve brings a unique skill set to Allen through his work at Pinnell & Bax where he was responsible for fitting out new boats, designing hardware layouts and tuning rigs to race-win specification. Combine this with an HND in mechanical engineering and a talent for sailing and Allen has gained a valuable ... Read More.

We have put in a good winter of training and know we have made some good improvements, now it’s time to make it count and put all the practise into performance! And it being so tight in the British fleet there are many people that can do it, it’s just down to who does it on the week.

Bit of time off now, to get fresh pre the regatta and come back ready to race!

We would like to ... Read More.

We have now finished our winter program in Cadiz, it has been a great winter training venue. The only problem is the Spanish Tax, it’s not a normal type of tax you get in the UK but more of a ‘pikey’ tax. Basically expect to get stuff stolen, here is a list of the things stolen over the 5 camps; Iphone, 2 trolley wheels, a lot of tie down rope, Longboard, pump and finally some old sailing ... Read More.