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I have copied below excerpts from an interview I did with Mark Bulka on Mark Rounding - Planning and Placement. Mark has won World, National and State championships in a number of different classes ranging from single handed monohulls through to catamarans. On top of that he is an accomplished Ocean Racer and has competed in a number of...

Wind, Weather and Currents - Part 3. Continuing Andrew Palfrey's insights regarding working with the weather to improve your racing. Brett: If a wind shift seem persistent, how do you establish a mean or is it a constant process? Yeah, look, just to comment on Melbourne, it's a fantastic place to race boats, as we know, great conditions, wind, sea. But...

Part Two - Wind Weather and Currents - following on from the recent blog from the interview with Andrew Palfrey. Andrew is better known to the worldwide yachting fraternity as “Doggy”. He will give us the benefit of his vast experience in factoring wind, weather and currents into sailing and its importance in planning the conduct of your race. This...

Andrew Palfrey, better known to the worldwide yachting fraternity as “Doggy” will give us the benefit of his vast experience in factoring wind, weather and currents into our sailing and its importance in planning the conduct of your race. This is part one in a series of excerpts from an interview I did with the high-achieving sailor, olympian and coach. FREE...

  I interviewed National and World champion Aussie sailor Roger Blasse about preparing for a race or regatta and parts of that chat are reproduced below. Roger has won 11 National and 2 world championships in the OK class and is a front-running competitor in the International 14’skiff class. He is also a past commodore of the Black Rock Yacht Club in...