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    Posted: 30 Dec 06 at 10:16pm

heh heh twas fun if not slightly cold! 12ft skiffs are amazing!

that was a rather large bottle of gin ellie, might weigh your boat down a little if you sailed with it, or maybe some other type of weight mmmm

 

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aye a bloody good days sailing! ta to the club and what not!

we tested our new boats capsizing skills in the first race, the water was bloody freezing! still clocked some good results, a lovely day out! and good prizes too, sorted for 2mo night now!

happy new year everybody!

 
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Originally posted by Hobbo

Bloody rain - Dad wanted to pack up and leave asap due to the drenching so i didnt get to meet all of you, talk to those i met properly, hope we can all meet up properly at another event (bloody mary?).

Was a good days racing, started bloddy windy which was fun - unforunately had rigged kite halyard round forestay so couldnt use the kite in the first race, got 14.7 kts on a two sailer which isn't bad - not brilliant tho.

Second race was happier with myself, slightly easier to manage and drive - 3rd race yet lighter still. Really enjoyable days racing, very well run with a good course. Just sorry meeting you all was cut short by Setting up, packing up, the bloody rain and the 3 hour journey back to the Souith Coast.

 

Clocked 19 on a one sailer !   and that was when it was not too windy.  The GPS had turned it's self off before the gust that flipped me off the back - fastest I've been on any cat in 26 years, before I broke the tiller....  would have been a speedfreaks winning speed too !

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HAHA - we didnt race, but with Toms near hypothermia due to the worlds worst kite tangle, but a good blast once he was warm and lunch in him! WOOO! Gota love the 12ft skiff!
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Bloody rain - Dad wanted to pack up and leave asap due to the drenching so i didnt get to meet all of you, talk to those i met properly, hope we can all meet up properly at another event (bloody mary?).

Was a good days racing, started bloddy windy which was fun - unforunately had rigged kite halyard round forestay so couldnt use the kite in the first race, got 14.7 kts on a two sailer which isn't bad - not brilliant tho.

Second race was happier with myself, slightly easier to manage and drive - 3rd race yet lighter still. Really enjoyable days racing, very well run with a good course. Just sorry meeting you all was cut short by Setting up, packing up, the bloody rain and the 3 hour journey back to the Souith Coast.


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Sorry about the delay in the results - hope you had a good day's sailing anyway.

See you again next year I hope

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Haa haa haa, that was a fun couple of laps before I broke my Tiller extension !

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luke bbsc isn't that small must be the way you sail round the course lol me and rory seem to manage just fine

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Originally posted by carshalton fc

i cant wait to be able to sail on a lake were u dont have to gybe to avoid hitting the side every 2 minutes.

cya all there.

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Depends o the boat you are sailing.....  Think I'm in for a busy sail !

well at my home club we are used to doing short courses, and it was so nice when i was at grafham last march just to be able to relax on the downwind leg

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Originally posted by carshalton fc

i cant wait to be able to sail on a lake were u dont have to gybe to avoid hitting the side every 2 minutes.

cya all there.

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Depends o the boat you are sailing.....  Think I'm in for a busy sail !
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