Round the Island

   anyone else do round the island.
have some good pics and will post asap
was a bit crap cause of the light winds, but thanks to our navigator we made it round and had the tides with us all the way.
 i have never raced a yacht before and got n the boat and immideatle was trimming the jib upwind and doing the kite downwind.  was amazing.  very nice boat, and hope to see more of hobby horse.
oh and we managed to come 3rd in our class of bout 60 and 36th out of 512 in the irc boats
and bout 36th out of the overall handycaped fleet of bout 1370.   we thought that we were doing awful but turned out ok.
and

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olly_love Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 18 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1145	Post Options Post Reply Quote olly_love Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Round the Island Posted: 04 Jun 06 at 8:15pm
	anyone else do round the island. have some good pics and will post asap was a bit crap cause of the light winds, but thanks to our navigator we made it round and had the tides with us all the way. i have never raced a yacht before and got n the boat and immideatle was trimming the jib upwind and doing the kite downwind. was amazing. very nice boat, and hope to see more of hobby horse. oh and we managed to come 3rd in our class of bout 60 and 36th out of 512 in the irc boats and bout 36th out of the overall handycaped fleet of bout 1370. we thought that we were doing awful but turned out ok. and
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I luv Wight Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 28 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 628	Post Options Post Reply Quote I luv Wight Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jun 06 at 10:41pm
	OUT95 had some excitement after the race. ooops! mind that bowsprit!