the forecast wasn't very good, however i went down anyway and arranged to do some early morning sailing with Garry to get some more time on the water. we were the first to launch and all we did was reach across the bay at great speed with Garry on the wire. it was good fun, there were some huge gusts and waves in the bay, i had decided after a few down wind attempts that the Poole bar race was a definite no go for me, Garry tried to convince me but i stuck to my guns, it would have been more survival than racing.
after an hour we finally went in to warm up and have food. Garry admitted maybe the race was optimistic for us. we planned to go back out after lunch just in case the F5-f6 had dropped, the next session was to me rougher and we only stayed out 30 mins, a few boats ventured out for the race , however a few also came back, including Pete and crew Greg after they spectacularly capsized and Pete got hit in the face by Greg lol
Bill didn't finish or Mike Greanleaves , Phil Palmer and of course Pete, i think one other was towed in as well. the race was over in 48 mins for the Littlejohns D18.
