spring series race 1

after a very cold night i was greeted by a north easterly and breaking waves in the bay.
a bit apprehensive i rigged the boat and then alan gould turned up  to crew.
it was a windward leward course which made a change to be honest.
we outwitted pete and then found ourself with mark and desney. after two laps of following alan suggested going further on the beat and made the mark easy and ahead of mark and desney. however next lap i messed up by not ducking the stern of a wayfarer and went into irons when they called starboard.
i lost 2 places to mark and desney and phil p , however i did regain that spot the next lap with a better  upwind leg.
after the race it was some helming tuition for alan, he found it all strange at first but im sure he will get it sorted.
pleased with today apart from the mistake.

The opener 2012

Tim Saunders was my crew for today and said that he had done some sailing in greee on big boats and on cats  but knew what to do.  he was very friendly and we got on really well a perfect sauturday siling crew
we messed the start up because i didnt have my race watch    , ton y set his but by the time we realised we were late going across the line. we followed mike cemms tracks but found it hard going and rounded the mark in last place, the only way was up and we struggled to catch a few toppers and lasers.
tony came up with some good ideas , pleased we were just on the water really so  didnt care that we were last overall, all the cats were last in the field greg was 1m 55 ahead on me on the water. mike was helming.