Demise of the double hander

Originally posted by NickA Double handing isn't dead after all.  Though yes, it takes commitment, a lot of phoning around to get teams together and decent sized fleets so that you can pair people up when their usual partners can't make it.

This is EXACTLY how the Fireball fleet at HISC is being regenerated. It does take commitment, and social media can ease the burden of phoning around all the time, but from the odd one occasionally last year to 6 on the water without much effort most weekends now and double that if we try a bit shows what can be done.

Well we finally made it on the water with the old Tasar. 8 stone girl helming and me in front. We sailed two pursuits as part of our winter series. A bit of wind in the first one and we managed to get in front of the Supernova hoarde until the wind dropped. Race two little wind....my do they stick in the light!