lightning 368

Yeah, manor park is lovely. lots of water (3 lakes) & perfect for what i'm looking to do anyway.

Cleaning? well, on my boat i used some Trade Secret boat cleaner to start with then cut the hull with international restorer & polished with international polish - two coats.

On emmas, we cleaned the deck with a scourer and some jif! - guess which is cleaner? Still used international polish on the hull though.

Interestingly, i lent my girlfriends boat to one of the guys for racing yesterday & whilst behind most of the fleet, we sailed very very close to each other throughout. Both similar standard sailors and it was my boat (number 21) that came out top in both races. (i was using the newer of the two)

Managed to get that newish one then i see - brilliant, you'll enjoy it hugely, especially when the breeze gets up!!!

Have fun.

The class website is a bit lacking i find. No updates, not much info etc. Shame, as thats usually the way to increase class awareness. Oh well.

I have boat number 21, very old indeed but still going strong even in my incapable hands  Even my girlfriend has one now too - number 101.

Hugely gusty at my place yesterday and, at 11st nothing, i found myself waaaaaayyy up on the side on more than a million occasions! - huge fun & actually pulled away from all the lasers up to the 2nd mark! - just me and 5 lasers braved the hoolie.

Best place for parts/advice, for me, has been John Claridge. Thinking of de-thwarting mine as i saw a new one at the dinghy show - very sexy!

Enjoy

I've just had an email from Sue of the Lightning association, and they are currently looking to update the website and add a forum to it, so maybe some contact with her (the email link on the site) if you understand how forums and websites work might help all us owners who only know how the user end works!

As for dethwarting (agree about the word being good!) I shall have to see how it goes this winter, but I think having knees that work is going to be the main priority for me!