Who was out this weekend?.....

Great racing on the Medway again this weekend.  It was Wilsonians "South Kent Race".  Down the river to the mouth at Garison Point and back again - about 3 hours in a 4000 and about 4 in a Wayfarer.  Not a lot of wind but enough to get the 4000 powered up.  We had a reasonable start and the boat goes well to windward so although challenged by the Canoe, MPS, 5000 and Osprey we managed to hold onto the lead for about an hour and then the 800 got past.  An hour later and we were around the windward mark and still nobody else got past but they were close.  The Musto and the 5000 came past and we left the Osprey for dead and thus finished behind 3 fast boats and came out 3rd.  However the overal results included the slower fleets which had started earlier so in the end we were 6th with a 3000 and a couple of Wayfarers pushing us down the list.  Total boats competing was 30 odd. 

Good competitive fun but we could have done with a few more mph out of the wind as there were times when the crew wasn't wiring downwind.  However I understand most of the rest of the east coast had no wind at all.

yer i was the one talking to you at the results. i had shocking starts on all the races. but was a bit of lottery were u got wind. lol i was the one in the yellow boat also with the yellow shorts on.  

ah cool. well i think the 4tonners will be at an event with the 2ks soon.

well done villan, i was so bored today sitting in the 4tonner. wasnt very exciting and was so frustrating, do u have any clue why the abandened the first race today looked like a crazy dicition to all of us??

sorry i didnt introduce myself, will you be at the 4k&2k nats??

Well done Villan, I must have been at the bar when you got them because I missed it!

It must have been horrid out there though, I had a lovely day sitting in the sun with a beer