Since our post about the new Zhik Trapeze Harness yesterday, we had a lot of feedback demanding a more close-up photograph of the harness. Like the muppets we are we forgot to take a close-up pic, but fear not, we have managed to uncover a secret photo of the pre-production prototype. You don’t even want to know the lengths we had to go to get this pic…

It’s actually pretty difficult to explain how the velcro works over text, but it’s very self explanatory once you see it. It’s like a ‘double up’ system where you attach the velcro and then double-back on itself, so that there are two layers of velcro holding the harness to your mid-section (we promise to post a YouTube video soon).

A big shout out to Gary from Zhik who contacted us on the back of yesterday’s blog post about the harness. He’s going to do his best to re-aquaint us with the harness before we start the French Spring Cup next week. You legend.

Our performance in Palma doesn’t really deserve its own entry (we posted a very mediocre result, but the only way is up from here!).

So instead, here’s a topic that truly deserves editorial space. We’ve got the inside scoop on this one, this is almost a world-exclusive.

On the Friday of Palma Regatta, amid rumours and feverish speculation, the first batch of pre-production Zhik Trapeze Harnesses were delivered to the Zhik Van in the boat park.

And we managed to blag being one of the first in the world to try it out on the water. (more…)