by Bill Stock | May 15, 2023 | Blog
First RORC race of the year, the De Guingand Bowl, out of the way over the weekend. A gentle, 100-mile, light airs race to Poole and back via Bembridge and St Catherines point. As a crew and skipper we learned a couple of things. Lesson One: Navionics isn’t always...
by Bill Stock | May 5, 2023 | Blog
Review Race Performance Watch us explore our collected race data in real time on Rockit …… there is no sound track ! Take the Rockit 2023 Edition track panel for a spin
by Bill Stock | Apr 19, 2023 | Blog
….stupid title must think of a better one for the next article… So in the last article I talked about the Fastnet Race and what was involved for the crew. We are now one month into our campaign. Our boat is back in the water and we have had a couple of weekends out on...
by Bill Stock | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog
The Race This year is the 50th edition of the Fastnet race. Its run every two years. The first race was won by Jolie Brise in 1925. Jolie Breeze is still very actively sailed on the UK South Coast. This will be the second time that the race has been sailed from Cowes...
by Bill Stock | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog
Something to think about for the summer. Where are you leaving your boat between regattas and what will be living on the bottom when you get back to it ? Weed and other marine wildlife, whose main aim in life sometimes seems to be to slow us down, grow at different...
by Bill Stock | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog
When we originally developed Rockit we used various rough and ready methods to get data into the Laptop we were using to run the software. Back then, circa 2016, cue a certain amount of nostalgia, we used to connect things together by twisting wires; all the things...
