Should I buy a Finn?
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RS Aero Reviews
Are you curious about the RS Aero? Thinking of buying an Aero? Here are some reviews that might be helpful to you...
One More Journey Around the Sun
Looking back at 12 months of blundering around in an RS Aero...
Favorite Aerobian Posts of 2018
Here is a selection of some of the most visited posts on Aerobian this year. Enjoy!
Sailing Schools
1956 with Lt. Commander Rab Moore at Newton Ferrers
2018 with Phoebe at Minorca Sailing
D-Zero, RS21, Yacht Club Signs and Contenders at Garda via Earwigoagin
One of my favorite sailing blogs of all time is Earwigoagin which is written by Tweezerman. This last week’s posts have been typical of the variety of interesting sailing news and discussion which he covers. Last...
Rolling the Dice
On Saturday morning I wrote How to Slowly Sail Faster in which I tried to convince myself I might get better at RS Aero racing. Then on Saturday afternoon I went frostbiting in Bristol and actually won a race. First...
How to Slowly Sail Faster
I suffer from a delusion that by making improvements in my boat-handling, sailing strategy, fitness etc. etc. – not to mention tweaks to my boat’s rigging – I will somehow rise up the ranks in the RS...
Two More Stupid Things
After writing two posts Don’t Do Stupid Shit and What Did I Learn? about all my mistakes on the first day of our frostbiting season at Bristol YC last week, I did manage (more or less) not to repeat the same...
2018 US Sailing Rolex Yachtsman of the Year – Who Will Win?
In recent days US Sailing opened nominations for the 2018 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards, and Scuttlebutt published a preliminary list of candidates for both awards. Scuttlebutt listed 18 possible...
First Day of Frostbiting Season – What Did I Learn?
Last Saturday was the first day of sailing in the 2018-2019 frostbiting season at Bristol YC. Six RS Aeros and five Lasers came out for an afternoon of racing in a gusty, shifty westerly wind which was quite vigorous...
Take the Leap – Buy an RS Aero
“Why would I buy an RS Aero?” say all the Laser sailors. “There are 40-50 Lasers racing in our frostbite fleet every weekend in the winter, and Laser regattas to go to every weekend in the summer, and...
Throwback Thursday – Rutland Water
Me in my first Laser – #93933 with an orange hull – at Rutland Sailing Club in the UK sometime in the late 1980s. I sold that Laser to a fellow RSC member when we moved to America at the end of 1988. I...