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A serious commitment to crew weight


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Each year, the good people of High Wycombe weigh the Mayor, the councillors and the MP to check who is gaining weight at taxpayer expense. It’s a magnificent idea but strangely my Westminster colleagues seem reluctant to institute the tradition on Parliament Square. Unfortunately, I put a little weight on in my first year, it turned out. Here’s me making the most of being booed as a pantomime villain after the fateful cry of “and some more!” Happily, the weight […]

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Asymmetric Monohull


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Asymmetric Monohull, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Might have been a Laser 4000. Crewed by Remco, the insatiable high-wind Dutch sailor.

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Laser, racing


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Laser, racing, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

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Distant Tiger capsize


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Distant Tiger capsize, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

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Going out on the wire


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Going out on the wire, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Racing a Hobie 16 single-handed on a gusty day

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Wildwind – two great weeks


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All done. Last night out with new friends tonight. This seems to be the best photo of me at sea from the fortnight — no exciting Tiger or Fox pictures: Final photos uploading in the background including some good high-wind shots of cats, windsurfers and a kite board. Will post a few from home.

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Wildwind race day


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Race day was comical, with lulls followed by moderate gusts from various directions. In a mixed fleet, Remko and I were first over the line in a Tiger two out of three in the morning. For the third, Remko took a unilateral decision to put in a capsize in the last minute before the start, giving us a finish of third on the water. In the first of the afternoon, we were part of a bizarrely mixed group of boats […]

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Maltese Falcon in Vassiliki Bay


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Maltese Falcon, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. We woke yesterday to find the megayacht Maltese Falcon in the bay. Follow the links from the photos for more shots, including sail deployment. Maltese Falcon, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

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Hobie Tiger at Wildwind


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Wildwind 58 – Version 2, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. No photos of me today — Beth was busy — but a few good shots of others. This is a Hobie Tiger, the boat I used to own.

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Wildwind: reaching in Vassiliki Bay cross-shore


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What we came for: Reaching a Hobie 16 in Vassiliki Bay cross-shore, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Reaching a Hobie 16 in Vassiliki Bay cross-shore, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

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