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Jan 28
1 min

Interview for Ancasta Virtual Boatshow

Was a pleasure to be interviewed by consummate professional and nice bloke, Conrad Humphreys. The interview is part of a series of interv...

Sailing.Dog Heavily Involved in New 5.5 Metre Class Yachts in Cowes This Winter

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Dec 21, 2020
2 min

Sailing.Dog Heavily Involved in New 5.5 Metre Class Yachts in Cowes This Winter

In what seems a long time ago, given the pandemic, I joined Peter and Louise Morton in Sydney this year during January for the 5.5 Metre ...

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Nov 1, 2020
6 min

A Sheeting-Angle Solution

Have a read of the article I wrote for Sailing World last week, discussing the new jib track system for the Etchells. The goal of this ji...

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Sep 29, 2020
3 min

The Evolution of Sailboat Coaching

Over the past six months, the landscape of both professional sailing and coaching has changed significantly - introducing SLOCOACH.

Sailing.Dog Interview with Mr David Franks

Andrew Dog Palfrey

May 13, 2020
2 min

Sailing.Dog Interview with Mr David Franks

An interview with David Franks, the Fleet Captain of the Cowes Etchells Fleet.

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Apr 22, 2020
1 min

Keelboat Masterclass with RORC

Andrew “Dog” Palfrey joins Royal Ocean Racing Club and Louay Habib for the third episode of their lockdown series "Time Over Distance".

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Mar 22, 2020
2 min

A Note From a Small Island

Whilst life has changed, we still have sailboats to think about and to tinker on.

The Lowdown on Brolga and PKM Adjustable Turnbuckles

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Feb 4, 2020
1 min

The Lowdown on Brolga and PKM Adjustable Turnbuckles

Both the PKM and Brolga turnbuckles are excellently engineered, in that they allow the user to adjust the rig tension from the windward s...

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Jan 6, 2020
6 min

Prescription for Better Upwind Speed

By Erik “Sparkles” Shampain, with assistance from Andrew “Dog” Palfrey. Erik is one of the world’s best professional crews on one-design ...

Catch up with Iain Murray, 2019 Etchells World Champion

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Aug 11, 2019
1 min

Catch up with Iain Murray, 2019 Etchells World Champion

Sailing.Dog’s Andrew Palfrey caught up with his old Star class helm, Iain Murray, in Cowes, England. Iain has an amazingly long and diver...

Coaching a Two-Boat Program in the 52 Super Series

Andrew Dog Palfrey

May 18, 2019
4 min

Coaching a Two-Boat Program in the 52 Super Series

It has been my pleasure this spring to be involved with Hasso and Tina Plattner’s Phoenix two-boat TP52 program. So far we have done two...

Setting up an Etchells Jib - Catch up with Jud Smith

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Apr 14, 2019
1 min

Setting up an Etchells Jib - Catch up with Jud Smith

Sailing.Dog’s Andrew Palfrey was being coached in the Etchells Class by Jud Smith at the recent Coral Reef Cup in Miami. Here we discuss ...

The Sailor Becomes the Sailmaker - Catch up With Jud Smith

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Mar 30, 2019
1 min

The Sailor Becomes the Sailmaker - Catch up With Jud Smith

Sailing.Dog's Andrew Palfrey was being coached in the Etchells Class by Jud Smith at the recent Coral Reef Cup in Miami. Not only is Jud ...

Catch Up with Sailing Legend, John Bertrand

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Mar 5, 2019
1 min

Catch Up with Sailing Legend, John Bertrand

In February 2019, we caught up for an engaging chat with International sailing icon, John Bertrand. John was prepping his Etchells class ...

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Feb 20, 2019
1 min

Are You a Mamil Too?

Now, for something completely different - I was contacted by the esteemed Editor of Sailing World Magazine, Dave Reed, late last year, re...

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Jan 17, 2019
4 min

New Rules Approved for Etchells Class

In December 2018, members of the Etchells Class voted overwhelmingly in favour of changing some of the one-design class rules. At the tim...

Survey of the Top 12 at the Recent Etchells Worlds

Andrew Dog Palfrey

Dec 1, 2018
1 min

Survey of the Top 12 at the Recent Etchells Worlds

The 94 boat 2018 Etchells Worlds, held in Brisbane, was an epic event, which I guess is fitting for the 50th year of the class. After any...

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