We apply the same performance principles whether we are tuning software or tuning a racing sailboat - a sharp focus on removing complexity and developing the most efficient path from A to B. This translates into an engineering approach to boat tuning and improving your racing skills.
SAIL PERFORMANCE COACHING
discernment - simplicity - speed
We provide a consultancy coaching service where we work with you to help you better understand what gives you boat speed and how to put that into effect. You can work with an RYA Level 2 Racing Coach who has been helping people sail fast for over 40 years. We can help you get the best out of your existing rig and fitout and/or help you improve on your current setup.
We will work with you and apply our experience to help you achieve your goals. We have experience in sailmaking, rig production & boat building and our people have enjoyed success racing in yachts as well as dinghy classes such as Fireball, 470, Merlin Rocket, National 12, Scorpion & Albacore.
Recent publications
Adventures getting a old wooden racing dinghy into competitive condition read here...
Adventures with an old wooden racing dinghy Part 2: going to the races read here...
What people are saying...
An eight day cruise from Plymouth to the Isles of Scilly and back August 2021 We are inexperienced (4 years) 'family' sailors with our own boat. Having learned by courses, books, practice and our own mistakes we thought sailing with an experienced coach on our own boat would provide a targeted improvement to our skills. Although we had a list of things to cover including night sailing and setting the sails the real benefit was other things that cropped up naturally such as anchoring, better organising the boat, whipping and splicing. Nick was generous in sharing the benefit of over 50 years sailing experience. We learned new skills and different ways of doing things. Where we did not learn anything new we gained in confidence which also has a tremendous value.
Circumnavigating the Isle of Wight August 2021 We had a great time and learned loads!
Helming a Scorpion 14' Dinghy Summer 2022 I was pleased to have the opportunity to be coached by Nick. I’d got to know him at various open meetings and it was clear he was very knowledgeable, and not just about sailing, but also on many other topics. Having crewed a lot I had decided that I would like to learn to helm confidently. Nick came to my club and we decided on a plan to focus on some of the areas I was struggling with and then we got straight out on the water to practice. Nick also invited me to sail his boat at his club. Getting time on the water with a coach is invaluable and, with four races under my belt, I was feeling a lot more confident. Thank you Nick.
SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE COACHING
discernment - simplicity - speed
We provide a coaching consultancy service where we work with you to help you better understand why your software performs as it does and how to improve performance.
The Context Podcast "In this episode we talk with Nick Lightbody about performance in an app: how to maintain performance throughout the development process and what parts of FileMaker can cause performance headaches. Nick Lightbody joins us to lend his experience and perspective to this idea of Performance. For most of his career he’s spent exploring the ideas of performance for apps. Starting with, of all things, developing for iOS, he’s played with techniques that he’s found keep performance high throughout the entire development process. Let’s explore his perspective about keeping FileMaker apps running smoothly."
Fireside Filemaker Podcast "Our guest today is Nick Lightbody from the UK, who you may not be familiar with but, behind the scenes, Nick has had and continues to have enormous influence on the work we do, because he is intently focused on getting FileMaker to perform better and faster. In Nick's words 'Performance is the most under discussed subject and yet it is the object of most complaints.' In this fascinating discussion, Nick talks about the work he does and its implications, and it will give all of us some really powerful strategies for having our solutions work better, plus insights on things that we should all be aware of. We think you'll be particularly intrigued by Nick's thoughts and usage of repeating fields for very high performance solutions."
FileMaker Server Performance Claris FileMaker Server 19: a performance test of Linux .v. Windows
PRODUCT: ecoWeb Content Management System
elegant - smart - fast mobile first - responsive
ecoWeb allows you to easily create web-sites using customisable mobile-ready themes on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC. Deskspace has spent several years developing this CMS with various partners and can provide Nick Lightbody our expert consultant to coach you in its use.
ecoWeb is fully responsive - easily read and view content on your phone, tablet or computer. All your content will scale automatically to suit whatever device it is viewed on.
The current development version of ecoWeb has evolved into a thing of elegance and beauty - we will release full details as soon as it is ready for public release. You are welcome to enquire now if this is of interest.
Try viewing this page on different devices and you will see what we mean.
Easy to edit your content
Just click on the change content tab, edit the page content, click on web preview and update your site.
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You can easily add images, videos, maps and PayPal buttons to your page.
Sample pages
Each page illustrates a different Theme.
You can change the appearance of each theme yourself and make it unique and special for you.
