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    Posted: 15 Dec 12 at 8:12am
As 2012 draws to a close, thought it might be good to start a thread focusing on the dinghy sailing highlight, or highlights of the year. I know the Olympics was excellent and Wiggo won the tour, and Andy Murray won a major and, and, and.... but it's dinghy sailing in this case!

For me, top was racing for the first time with my son in the summer and sailing around the cans with my dad as well, same day.  Second was a very memorable three-sail reach down the harbour in spring-time, still making me grin now.

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Personally I found that elusive sweet spot rig setting, still yet to get that 1st race win but several 2nds this year I'm happy with, also delivering the 2012 J/80 Worlds (in Dartmouth) to 76 boats...pretty happy with that. In the wider sailing world, seeing Ben pick up his last Olympic gong, but for me VSR2 smashing the speed record without a doubt is the sailing highlight of 2012  :)
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For me it was the first time that I managed to take my triplet daughters out for a sail. All aged 3, so takes some handling, which is why we only did 15 mins of actual sailing in portsmouth harbour. But it's a start Smile
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The epic run from Marconi SC to Colne Point with the lime green B14 chasing us. The slog back was hard work, but the downhill ride was unbelievable. 
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Originally posted by rb_stretch

For me it was the first time that I managed to take my triplet daughters out for a sail. All aged 3, so takes some handling, which is why we only did 15 mins of actual sailing in portsmouth harbour. But it's a start Smile

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FOM event! Most fun at an open for quite some time.
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Watching my 7 year old pracitising in his Oppie - he was standing up in the back of the boat and pumping it downwind copying the footage of the 470's in the Olympics.  He then went back up wind and did it all again and again and again.  Fantastic to watch, but it took me an hour to get the little b*gger to stop and come in!
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Originally posted by alstorer

The epic run from Marconi SC to Colne Point with the lime green B14 chasing us. The slog back was hard work, but the downhill ride was unbelievable. 

I have a B14 on film somewhere, I was in the rib chasing a few boats, looked epic.

For me 2012 was a year of little sailing. 2013 will start with a sail on 5th jan followed by the BM on 12th...looking forward to getting out more
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Hornet 60th Europeans in a 59 year old boat.
 
Holt centenary Tideway sailing under all those bridges on the thames heeling the boat over to ensure we got under Putney bridge and sailing at the home of all those Holt designs.
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As with Richard, 2012 has been a year of reduced sailing thanks to tides and weather. Biggest highlight was coming second on day 1 of the TSC club week in the Graduate with my 4yr old daughter sailing her first ever race, then hearing her say she wanted to win the next day, which we duly did! Fantastic looking at the shocked faces on the water on the second day when they realised she was actually trimming the jib and had cracked roll tacking! and it wasn't all down to me sailing the boat.
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