Who was out this weekend?.....

Took the 5000 out saturday nice and gusty had a capzise before the start sailed like a trooper doing the average laps in 7 mins umm big course i think not.

Sunday out in the vareo chased the 600 and 300 all the way round beating both across the water in the first race and about a minute behind the 600 in the second now that was a great weekend of sailing

Been to prestwick this weekend. Saturday was RS300 class training followed by the scottish champs on the sunday. Both days over 20mph. Nice big waves to surf down. 2 EPIC days of sailing. Big grins all round when we came off the water!! 
Managed to come 4th on the saturday which was pleasing considering everyone else was at least 15kg heavier. Big thanks to prestwick volunteers for putting us all up on the couches instead putting us in the rain and 30knots of wind, being friendly, welcoming and hosting a great weekend.

Helped out at the sailability regatta at Rutland Sat & Sun, excellent fun, great crowd of people.

Originally posted by Medway Maniac Originally posted by Doug.H I spent all weekend in a Radial to see if I could still sail one..... So did you confound your critics at the club who said your success was all down to the Streaker PY, or merely confirm their suspicions?

Sadly there weren't many boats out.  However on the saturday it was fairly breezy and two of the full rig guys jumped into a radial to race against me and I pulled out a fairly beasty lead.  On sunday What fullrigs there were, I stayed with all the way round the course finishing just a few seconds behind on the line.  So far so good on that account but having been sailing for the whole week I was feeling extremely lethargic and generally struggling to keep going.  I expect this weekend when I'm feeling alive and fit, I may hear such comments as "well radials always have the advantage in these conditions" or "It was a complete lottery out there". 

Doug

Spent 4 hours on the water today solidly tacking and gybing in the
TANK.....sorry, Radial.    Light winds today so it was time well spent getting
smoother and smoother through the day.
It was a training session worth its wait in cocaine, with lots of niggles
worked out.
It was a bit of a lonely day out there all on my lonesome but then I needed
to be on my own to sort out my boat handling.
Tomorrow it's club racing, hopefully with more lasers out than last weekend.
Lets hope the extra time on the water today pays off some dividends in the
race.

Doug H