Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash

I am a bit disappointed that all we have so far is a bit of handbags at dawn. Still, there are plenty of winter events to go for such crimes as sailing made from the wrong cloth, customized sail numbers and mistaken identity rudders to cause hundreds of pages of outrage from people who weren't actually there.

I shall make my cocoa, pull up a chair and wait with baited breath.

Well I dug the 49er out and went dinghy sailing on a Sunday for the first time in years. Really enjoyed it, even if our comedy handicap (on an old rig boat) and slightly dodgy sailing did ensure we were basically just racing to avoid DFL! (regular crew Tom was PRO, and Simon and I have not sailed anything without a keel together for years!)

Ermm, sorry, this has nothing to do with location whatsoever. We (DWSC) would have been more than happy to have heard any protests put in front of us. As it was, none came.

exactly Steve (and well said Chris too)

All comedy aside, I want to make it clear that the event was a thoroughly enjoyable one, and this small incident should not in any way put people off taking part in such regattas.

All I did was express disappointment on Saturday night at my take on a single isolated incident - the only one that I even witnessed on the day. Racing incidents occur - feel free to stick your hand up if you've never made a similar mistake on the race course....

I've freely admitted that I put my boat where I shouldn't have, because I thought that a gap would appear.... unfortunately it didn't. I expressed disappointment in my take on the other boat's actions, but that's it as far as I'm concerned. Yes, I've got a repair to do, ut maybe that'll make me think twice when considering a "high-tariff" manoeuvre in the future...

I certainly won't hold any grudges against anyone and won't be put off competing in the Series.

I would also like to add that we did do the appropriate turns, and were also pleased to see that during the day, others were also doing their turns as per.