Video of the week

great vid, i've had my kids out in my old Blaze and the 100, they love it, especially with the kite up! the Blaze was more roomy but the gnav kicker reduces the chance of head-banging a bit, overall, its a great way to do it, I grew up in merlins and N12s, so probably one of those on the list at some point, otherwise tooling about in a 2000 is also nice (depending on the weather of course!)

Great video. Motivates me to get my 6 year old triplets out in a dinghy for the first time!

ha very good, enjoyed seeing the shots of WSC as well, brings back many happy memories.
I'm hoping to come to the regatta in July with the Solution so see you there I hope !

A family cruise in my Blaze dinghy.

Here's another. The International 14 worlds in 1983.

Please bear in mind that this video (and the Solo one) were taken on a very early camcorder by an non professional enthusiast. The first camcorders available to the public were retailed in 1983 by Sony. While much of the video has a holiday home video look that's only interesting to current PBSC members there is some interesting historical stuff contained within. Mr Morrison is racing in this, I believe PBSC was his home club at the time. 14 buffs will no doubt recognise other names of the era.

The footage was made available by a club member a couple of years ago and it has now been converted  to digital. Some very short clips from this vid were posted here a couple of years ago. The whole vid is now on youtube (obviously). The quality does not stand close scrutiny so probably best to avoid full screen unless you're standing a fair distance from the monitor.

On the water @ 5.00 (if you want to cut to the chase)
It gets progressively wetter and windier.
Very wet and windy @ 13.50




Edited by transient - 14 May 15 at 3:47pm