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Winter Clothing and Keeping Warm – Ever Felt Fashionable…?!?!

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An odd thing happened at Chipstead last Saturday – it was chilly with a “feels like 2 degrees” out there. I was amazed to find that out of around 20 people, four of us were wearing the same top layer. It was this robe from Rooster Sailing…. “I’m fashionable” !!

Aquafleece Robe- BLACK/RED

Nigel kindly let me try his robe on last week at Datchet (weather disgusting, horizontal rain and 40 knot gusts) and I was impressed. Good fit !! Anyway, there is sale on at Rooster so I ordered one and postage was free. On that same disgusting weather day I was wearing my 2021 Dry Robe – very snug but too bulky for radio sailing. I had bought it during covid lockdown for changing clothes outside when Club changing room were closed. It was brilliant for that. The Dry Robe product is so fashionable now people wear them to Waitrose! And the school run!!

The things about the Rooster Robe that stand out for me are the long body length ( a new experience for a 6′ 2″ male), the closed wrists, the removable fleece liner and the overall warmth and quality.

https://www.roostersailing.com/blogs/rooster-news/the-aquafleece-robe

When we were getting new logo’d clothing for the Flying Fifteen Class, Rooster came forward with some amazing products and ideas. I have several things from Rooster now and have never been disappointed – especially their long sleeve UV Protection T shirts for summer. Nice quality. Should be mandatory for radio sailors in summer 🙂

Now here’s another thing – if you go to the Rooster website home page and scroll through the little slideshow there, you will see the Company Founder out radio sailing !! In his Rooster robe !!

Anyway – Rooster Robe – delighted, warm, and four people out of twenty at a radio sailing event makes it a fashion.

Marblehead Sunday – Spring Series Starter – February 2nd… !!

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Fantastic day at Datchet today – the Club was very lively with Club Racing, plus 70 ILCA’s around the place – we had a jolly galley and Clubroom ! The first day of the Spring Series – We had around half a dozen Marbleheads which given the temperature was pretty good 🙂

It was whisper light for the first part of the morning – the ILCAs seemed to stay ashore, but of course we could get the Marbleheads going pretty well. We got some terrific races in – Rob was there developing his new F6 and going like a rocket. Graham has his new self built Red Ant swing rig in action – going jolly well too. Around midday some proper breeze arrived and another few epic races were completed. For myself, I learned a whole load about swing rigs today – members are really friendly and supportive.

Lots of chatter in the bar afterwards about the 2026 IOM Datchet worlds. Was great to hear!

Results to follow.

IOMs at Chipstead….!

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They did very well to get a full 11 races in at Chipstead today given the gentle conditions. Craig had a blast of an afternoon (see results) and in the end wrested the final overall win from Nigel by two points. Craig put in an amazing set of results in the afternoon and honestly, in the last leg of the last race there was a lot for Craig to make up lying in second place at the last leeward gate – but give up? He did not !! That last beat was a staggering win – we were all a bit gob-smacked !!

So Craig and Nigel were a 1,2 and we should mention Jim La Roche who had a strong morning and came 8th overall. Jim has acquired Vernon’s old boat (73) and is really getting serious !!

Craig and Nigel were in the Proteus Development boats – I think Craig’s was pretty hot of the press… or off the printer anyway. It’s wonderful to see all these design iterations coming along so quickly.

The Club did a super-friendly and expert job of the day. Competitors even got a small speech from the new overall Club Commodore … it was great to see radio sailing being embraced and encouraged from the top.