That's a short, sharp answer, Scooby_simon! No compromise...

It's supposed to stay Brrrr coooooooooold for the next few days anyway, with Siberian air currents howling over our heads . You won't catch me on the water by such a weather ...

Me neither but I may go and rig my new boat - depends though if it is really cold I won't bother.

All you pond sailors may have a problem tomorrow - your race course may be solid rather than liquid.

I'm ducking out of it too.  This must be the 4th week in a row, which must be a record for me - still it'll be so good when I get back onto the machine.  I nearly said "when I get back onto her", but you can't really call a Laser4000 a her (or a him).  In fact it only has a name to comply with some customs form I had to fill in sometime.

Sorry digression.  Yes the high over that part of the atlantic has been there a while which I'm sure all those compettitors of the Vendee Globe and Ellen Mcarther were all a bit disappointed with since they all had a few days beating to get home and they were probably expecting a nice down hill ride.

However our inland reservior is nowhere near freezing over whereas a few years ago it did on a still moon lit night.  The winds are cold and penetrating but not that cold.

shame about the weather am getting sailing withdrwaal symptons.    and this is why i dont like britian too blomin cold but however we dont get shrks so capsizing is safe!

Hydrographer20, we do get sharks tho, ive seen a few down the east coast when i sail on the yachts, some really close to the boat as well,

was on my dads boat once heading down to whitby, we were just north of runswick bay, there was a trawler over our port quarter hauling in its nets ( so there will have been loads of confusion in the water like with the fish trying to escape) which will have attracted this shark, at first we saw 2 fins cutting across the bow of the boat and thought it was 2 phorposes ( the dolphin things) then realised the fin at the back was going from side to side rather then up n down like the front one, ( i was stood on the bow sprite so got a really good view) it turned down our startboard side,  swam the full lenght of the boat (14mts) the crossed our stern and headed 4 the trawler.

it was quiet big probs around 13ft long, n across its back 4-5ft

ive also seen fisherman bring the dead ones up in there tuna nets,

i sail my radial on a small lake in leeds, so i think i'm pretty safe from the sharks

Should have been in the deep south Phil - it was freezing today at Lancing. None of us had any intention of going sailing. Blizzards and a freezing NE wind.

Never mind a nice lunch was had by all, thanks to BNS!!!

I'm a pond sailer so i've kept going all year long, we even have a boxing day race! And these odd conditions have given us great winds down here in the south.  Been F5 for like three weekiends in a row - a miracle!!

Yeah pond sailor too, sailed nu yrs day. but I havent sailed fro 3 weeks and cant because of the Dinghy Show this weekend im starting to have withdrawl symptoms.

We used to have to send the dorys out at Broxbourn the break the ice before we could sail. - finaly they did a use.

Realy want to go sailing regardless of the amount of snow falling, i just like the look of the winds.

Yeah its quite hard trying to beat a 4000 in a fireball.................we were trying it the other day but as soon as they hoisted the spinnaker an we hoisted the spinnaker, both of us flew off on a reach but they're spinnaker is a hell of a lot bigger !

Nice boat the 4000..................havent been in it but the other day was experimenting with the 3000 which comes alive with the spinni aswell !