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    Posted: 20 Jul 08 at 10:05pm
I had that view too today, as I slid gracefully out the back on a run.  The lovely thing sailed off some way on her own without me, before deigning to capsize......
the same, but different...

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Sailed my new(er) 600 today which was awesome until the transom pintle broke then went out for a quick blast in a b14 which was great fun. 
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Originally posted by winging it

Originally posted by Black no sugar



That boat is fabulously pink - I bet those girls love it!  What is it, btw?

That boat is famous in our club - the last owner was a 6 foot tall policeman!

It is an all glass Miracle

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Originally posted by Smight at BBSC

Sailed my new(er) 600 today which was awesome until the transom pintle broke then went out for a quick blast in a b14 which was great fun. 

I wondered why you were selling your boat, guess you wanted a newer one!! Are you going to be at Lee-on-solent?

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Medway Dinghy Regatta Saturday and Sunday

Scary stuff on Saturday.  About 25mph and wind over tide made for the sort of conditions which aren't much fun unless you are completely on top of them.  We were just sailing round trying to survive although even then we did lead the fast fleet for a while going down the river by kite.  A rather spectacular pitchpole put an end to that though.  The 4000 isn't as easily pitchpoled as some due to a lot more buoyancy under the bow than the Bethwaite designs but we managed to negate that by blasting full tilt into a mudbank.

Sunday was better, still plenty of wind but we made things a little extra interesting by arriving in plenty of time for a 10:30 when the start was at 10.  So we threw the boat together and started almost 10 minutes late with the mainsheet all twisted and then we broke something and sailed an extra loop in the course.  We finished knackered and last.  Slightly less wind in the afternoon produced the best racing.  We sailed too deep on the first downwind and rounded nearly last but carried a great gust down Gillingham Reach to bring us up to the fleet again and on the tail of one of our rivals who sails a 59er.  The next few legs had a lot of 2 sail reaching and we despatched the 59er and a couple of 29ers which brought us close behind a well sailed ISO which we passed on the beat and we could see the 5000 only just ahead.  We couldn't catch them but got back feeling it had all been worth it and wondered how many days it would take to recover.  And as I write this on Monday I can tell you that it'll take more than one!

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Not technically a weekend but had a great sail last night. The forecast was correct, no wind during the day then a lovely10-12kts for race time.

Managed to harass the peky phantoms for a long time and beat all but one over the water and was only 16 seconds behind the other on handicap (did get very lucky approcahing the first mark on port though, a lovely gap opened so I took it ).
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Originally posted by GBR884

Originally posted by Smight at BBSC

Sailed my new(er) 600 today which was awesome until the transom pintle broke then went out for a quick blast in a b14 which was great fun. 

I wondered why you were selling your boat, guess you wanted a newer one!! Are you going to be at Lee-on-solent?



Hope so, need a bit more sea practice for the nationals .
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I tagged along with a mate and his college doing a charity round the isle of wight bike ride today. We covered 56 (or it might have been 55 or 58) miles in about 5 and a half hours including stops for lunch and stuff. actual cycling time was 4 hours 18 minutes. I'm going to feel this tommorow.
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i got a brilliant sail in on wednesday evening. club racing in the rs300. i was the only boat to do 3 laps (31mins something). the nearest boat behind me did 2 laps in 29mins, 52secs. was dead pleased about that.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote mike ellis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jul 08 at 6:30pm

I went out windsurfing today first on a mates old (2000ish) formula board and then on a short board. The formula board was much easier to get going and it got going quite scarily quick at some points but it was starting to get very bouncy off even the little bit of F4 solent chop. Then i crashed, flew round the front of the board, and the damn thing ran me over, smashed up my nose on the pointy end, and then the fin (50 odd cm) smacked me in the ribs, that hurt.

After that i tried the short board which was harder to get going but once i got it moving it absolutely flew. It wouldn't point like the formula board but it was very very fast. Then I had to work out how to turn the damn thing round. WHich went wrong. The first time i went for a gybe and stuck the pointy end in and fell off. Then I tried a tack and sunk the stern and the board did a back flip. Somehow i got it turned round though and had another great burn back in.

I was still definately feeling the bike ride from yesterday on the way home though.



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