Who was out this weekend?.....

Pretty much everyone gave up at our place.  Leaving two (very good) windsurfers and ME ...... in the family Pico.  Fantastic....30knts+, but I still can't pitch pole it.

Actually, an I14 left the jetty after several hours of rigging; prompty capsized then spent the next hour or so drifting across the bay in various states of upside downness.  Hmm, maybe that boat wasn't such a bargain after all .........

Nice to have some wind for a change!

Good fun up at Derwent (the one near Newcastle). Wind did some odd stuff Saturday resulting in it almost dieing. Cracking social at the club Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday. Strong and gusty Sunday- helmed got kite and jib halyards tangled, I only noticed when kite was firmly jammed between forestay and jib halyard. Had to take a swim in order to get it down. Took another couple whilst trying to retie spinnaker halyard. Got it up, blasted downwind but were too late for the first race. Headed back up the lake clear of those racing, hoisted, blasted, went to gybe and both hesitated as the boom came over. By now on about third or fourth swim. Decided to go see if second race was nearing happening, but on way down saw another B14 in trouble- broken rack, rescue hadn't noticed. Decided at that point to shout at nearest rescue boat, then retire before we broke anything. Boats that stayed out for all three races eventually came in looking near death. Top stuff.

Originally posted by Doug.H Originally posted by Jon Emmett They let me in the club bar ;) I still don't know how you got away with that! Even some of the kids parents that tried to go in there got kicked out. You must have whispered some sweet nothings in somebody's ear to be let in.

Or he snuck in through a back door and was quietly cursing Laser sailors so they thought he was OK.

That is bad form for the host club to be so inhospitable though!

Originally posted by Jon Emmett They let me in the club bar ;)

I still don't know how you got away with that! Even some of the kids parents
that tried to go in there got kicked out.
You must have whispered some sweet nothings in somebody's ear to be let
in.

Edited by Doug.H

Got back late last night from the North Sea Regatta..... Not the most
wisely spent money ever.
A very inexperienced race officer who several of us came to the
conclusion that he must have very recently had his wife stolen by a laser
sailor.

A sailing club where you weren't allowed in the club bar or restaurant.
However, they were kind enough to set up a seperate area where we
could get food and drink.... where a third of a cup of tea cost €2.50.

Met lots of great people, all the sailors were fantastic and actually
restored my faith in laser sailors as actual human beings. As for
scheveningen..... as nice as the place seemed on the surface, it was
probably one of the most inhospitable, disorganized venues I've ever
been to.

I'm still happy I went as it was an experience worth having but I can't say
I'll be in any kind of a rush to go back there again.