End of Year Highlights

Finally showing dinghy sailors what regatta 'spirit' is all about, even though they got the wrong 'spirit' as you might expect, until finally they did 'get it' as we were being shepherded off into the changing rooms with Bacardi for a few precious moments before I had to head off to Mrs Miggin's B&B..

It's been an eventful year in retrospect, finally getting the V Twin on the water, then finding myself a crew for the Alto, then finding the perfect dinghy for myself, all unfortunately in the wrong order, but that's life.

The FOM restored my faith in humanity's ability to not always take life too seriously, whilst still showing that there's still lots to learn, which in turn renewed my enthusiasm and finally re-discovering our little lake and another entire group of local competitive sailors, so all in all, a very successful year.

Edited by iGRF - 17 Dec 12 at 10:58am

I nearly forgot, first time out in the 59er, fell in three time, really cold but couldn't stop smiling.

Oh for Heavens sake. All this "discovering yourselves" and learning the "meaning of true friendship" nonsense. That FOM meeting should never have taken place. It seems to have put you all in touch with your inner selves. This forum works best when it's members are remote and aggressive not wallowing in a sweetened lake of human kindness. It will be "happy Christmas to all my lovely friends" next. It is turning into a teenage girls Facebook page.

Quite simply iGRF on Sunday morning at the fom....priceless.

Making Mr Jardine dance around the changing room dressed as a giant green bottle while Jimbo shouted "dance bitch, dance"

Camping out when ice was forming on the inside of the tent was nor really a highlight but it was the first time I'd done that.

Managing to convince several people that my complaints about the Punk being a py bandit was genuine especially considering I sail a Phantom.

Basically it was the fom event for me

Originally posted by iGRF Happy Christmas to all my lovely friends