Hybrid !

On the water at last for the first time this weekend.  A gentle start chasing a couple of Blazes around Burghfield in the sun ... at a 'distance respecting' basis of course for about 90 minutes.  Brilliant to be out there in anything really after the last couple of months.   The basic balance and handling is pretty much spot-on and it goes rather well both up and downwind with very good pointing angles with upwind pace already.   No vices to report in a breeze that was not ever more than 12mph but a bit of bimbling to do with toestraps perhaps inevitable and other tweaks will be needed I'm sure.  The sitting out area of the deck is not great yet but that was fully expected - will need to use some decent hiking shorts next week but longer term this area was to be modified anyway.  But at least now it looks like that additional effort is worth undertaking !. 

As I frequently post sort PN by numbers of returns in the top 25 there is only one trapeze boat, fireball at 22. Not fully representative of all dinghy sailing but does give an insight into what your average Sunday Warriors sail.