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    Posted: 03 Feb 08 at 8:01pm
I only managed one race in the 300, i arived at the start line 5 mins after my start and still didnt come last out of the finishers!!!  It was so so so cold, i decided i was to cold after first race and sailed in unfortunately my mainsheet got knotter round something i capsized and couldnt right the boat had to get rescued! First time in like 20 years of sailing (due to non breakage and just being to cold)  i would like to have another go in those conditions in a dry suit and a bit more 300 exsperience, and thank god we didnt take the 14!!!
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I saw a couple of wings littered about but maybe it was just the one broken one. I saw Villian's "Yikes" up in the car park but I don't think it got used.

We towed in a 505 today. think a 29er got towed in too and the helm had to be taken in quickly because of beginnings of hyperthermia, not as bad as yesterday but still quite inventfull for the safety boats!!

On Saturday my friend beached his200, he saw a 300 that floated past nobody with it, and they pulled it up on beach! Wierd.

Well if anyone saw us for the first race, the 29er floating up and down the startline all way through first race just generally getting in the way!! Didn't go well at all. Think I might have found another crew now, trying out next weekend!
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Yikes did get used yesterday, albeit briefly, and had her first inversion!!! Not bad
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Ah right OK . So glad I didn't get the 49er out in the end! would have been a write off . Not the easiest thing for a safetey boat to take in over a long distance either!
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I heard a fair few boats ended up beached, battered and broken its not going to be a nice day for the insurance companies tommorrow morning.
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Originally posted by Chris Bridges

Ah right OK . So glad I didn't get the 49er out in the end! would have been a write off . Not the easiest thing for a safetey boat to take in over a long distance either!


i got towed in from the startline to the sailing club alongside a rib at a stupidly slow speed
took over a hour to get back in
( i was the boat that was upsidedown on the startline for 40mins plus in race one yesterday)
in the way of the fleet as they sailed by


oh and Rick Stenhouse... RIBs get in the way dont they? i heard u shout at them


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these cherub things, why are they always capsizing before they are in the water and why did i not see it move for most of the day!!


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Did you end up extremely near the dam? You might have been the one we were competing with for a RIB for a ride . My helm was not in a good state, first stages of hyperthermia, I was to the kind of extent words were interesting

Enjoy the dinner? It was good although I couldn't decide on who you all were so i didn't try! We were mostly just on the right of the band over by the counters or attempting to play the chair game in the marque outside..
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Lol Chris, We were on the table closest to the band that didnt get moved, and spent the night over on the left hand side of the stage!
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The group doing the crazy dancing...
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We were in the corner by the door, and it was a battle to keep the door closed, random people kept coming over and opening it and all the girls were getting freezing.. So right where the band were but once the band started we were over by the counters on the right of the band in the little corner bit if i didn't make it clear.. extremely tired

I'm trying to picture it but I can't think of it, I really didn't have that much to drink but it felt like it for some reason..

The lawn mower seemed quite popular with us



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