Who was out this weekend?.....

Sounds like my weekend, lost a shackle on the vang on the 1st race, luckily i had a spare shackle in my boat so replaced it between the racing, but then had the bottom 2 foot of my sail come out of the mast track in the second race.

All this in a force 2 maybe 3 at times!

I was out this weekend at Bough Beech.  The final 2 races of their Icicle Series was well attended with 36 competitors in the morning and 29 after lunch.

Andy Peake on an MPS won the series followed by a 200, a Contender and then a Wayfarer.  I was 9th in a 4000, and there were boats rangeing from a Topper to a 49er but there were a total of 102 which had taken part at some point in the competition.

There had been quite a variety of winds from force 6-7 down to a bit of a drift.  Today was medium in the morning and a bit lighter in the afternoon.  This series is good practice for the forth coming season with the confined waters putting a premium on boat handling.  The starts are tight and because they always use a committee boat you always get a good beat.  This afternoon's beat was probably a kilometre long.  This coupled with the comfortable clubhouse and good food means this is already in my calendar for next year.  Can we have some more 4000s please.

I doubt there is a huge profit, it must take mhuge ammounts of money to develop the foils and especially making some to fit a "Heavier boat" and make it fly, which they have done with superb success. £2500 is plenty of cash but when you fit them to a £1500 600 you have got a very fast foiler for £4000 now that is cheap! and of corse it can carry a bit more weight then a moth!