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Coach Rod’s Blog

More misinformation and murky stuff

Coach Rod Davis revisits his blog on the art of “espionage”….. After my blog on...

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One day in the life of the boys out testing

Coach Rod Davis  provides some answer to a question he’s often asked – “what do you do out...

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Expectations for first ’45 regatta in San Fran

Only practice today for Emirates Team New Zealand …. a hit-out with Oracle and some work on...

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Red and Blue: Different ways to skin a cat

Coach Rod Davis muses on the big debate as the America’s Cup action warms up with the appearance of the...

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The incredible shrinking boat

Coach Rod Davis blogs on how the big...

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Great to be back at Newport

Coach Rod Davis blogs on feeling good about being back at Newport …

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Just like a steak – better underdone than over-cooked

More action on the menu…. The sailing team and coaches have arrived at Naples, Italy, for...

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Life’s back to normal whatever that is

Coach Rod Davis blogs on getting back to normal. Life has returned to normal (whatever that is) at...

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Not better, not worse, but very different …

Coach Rod Davis, who did his first America’s Cup in 1977, blogs on a something that was very...

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Coach Rod: secrets of the towel on the desk

Coach Rod Davis blogs on the visit to Sanya…. I arrived back from Sanya to my coaching desk...

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Round the buoys v. round the world

Designed to race round the world not round the buoys. Coach Rod Davis blogs on horses for courses...

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A temporary transfer into the unknown …

What I know about Volvo Ocean Race boats, their crews and the race is this:  They push themselves to the max, harder than a...

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‘Water dancing’ with LR as good as a holiday

A change is like a holiday.  We are back to training for racing, a week off from testing and development work on our SL33s...

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The good news – cats for coaches too

Coach Rod Davis blogs on why the end of the monohull era ushers in a new age for chase boats...

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Thea trick is to keep your eye on the ball.

Smoke, mirrors and reality

The trick is to keep the eye on the ball … Coach Rod Davis muses on the times we live in...

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