In the middle of Times Square is the M&M store. This is the ultimate example of the power of branding. The store has 3 floors of M&M merchandise and  of course some M&Ms.        What merchandise you ask? Well anything is possible:         Of course it wouldn’t... Read More

After the trouble on the 25th, ‘The Toad’ needed to be put back together again. Of course the obvious initial solution would be to stick a piece of tape over the hole and keep sailing. However that solution would persist for some time until the boat was brought home.... Read More

Saturday’s sailing was quite windy. I figured that it was going to be a great day to shake the last of the troubles out of the boat. With the help of Gary Todd I got the rudder pintels back on tight, after they had been working loose against a misaligned support at the back... Read More

On Saturday the 28th I wasn’t sailing as there were some cars driving around the lake. It transpires that I the Supersprint Otway & Ocean ride was this weekend. It was a very early start, with me needing to get down to Torquay by 7:00AM. I left home just after 5:00AM,... Read More

This is the first strong northerly we have had at the lake for some time, and it is the second time I have had a good long sail in the boat in decent breeze. In essence it was a good shakedown of the boat. First up a few things structurally need work: 1) The bolts on the rudder... Read More

A very wild day with the wind. We started with a north easterly breeze. For the first 45 minutes we were sailing in extremely light, flukey winds everything less than 5 knots. After that a number of storm clouds rolled in, shifting the breeze to the west and bringing an average... Read More

Boat setup on the Impulse is going well. Probably the only thing left to do is replace the hiking straps. Will look at ordering Zhik straps in the next couple of weeks. Area that needs the greatest work is my tacking. It is interfering with my upwind boat tactics. The focus on... Read More

First day out in the Impulse. It was blowing quite strongly and it was going to be a good test of the boat.  The start was fairly good, starting a few slots down from the committee boat end with a little speed and was with the front of the fleet for the first couple of tacks.... Read More

Here is the GPS log of the racing on Feb 14th. I have used everytrail.com to show the details. The full trip details are available on the Every Trail website.  14th of Feb Race Widget powered by EveryTrail: GPS Geotagging Read More

Weather: 5~10 knots, a couple of stronger gusts, Southerly Breeze Course Notes: Port Course, 2 big laps, 4 smaller laps.  Start: Starting at course boat end, pin favoured, didn’t loose out to much except for the first 2 boats off the pin. End of the day the course boat is... Read More