Freezer series 1 & 2 2015

well the freezer series starts saturday 24th Jan at 12.30 with 2 races. should be fun 13 to 23 knts forecast
no crew for saturdays yet so will be entertaining.
pics and results here shortly

weather looking cold  but good

wind was 20-25knts in race one and after lunch 15 to 20knts + 

after getting used to tacking with no jib and a flying start  slow progress was made to the windward mark , i started thinking i had started early, but was told i did a perfect start. mike footer was trailing behind after many boat problems

after about an hour i finished ahead of him and his crew bryan to technically win my first ever race

in race 2 the wind seemed stronger and the waves choppier, but the wind chart said otherwise. a few gybes i was almost out of control and losing my tiller stick out the back of the boat didnt help

all in all it was good fun and im glad i raced and finished in one peace. i didnt push hard and thats what got me around safe.  14.8 miles 2H.15m  17mph top speed

freezer series Weston S.C 24th Jan 2015

a bit artistic

Weston S.C New Year Cup

well today was my first race at Weston S.C arrived nice and early and watched the lack of wind on the water, was forecast to be 6 mph and getting to 9 mph. after a slight delayed start we launched and tried to work out where the marks were and sort the start sequence out, needless to say i got it all wrong . the wind was almost non existent and we went across the line last in fact we were last all the way around and finished last. the start for the next race had begun the moment we finished. so we didn't have long to wait. we had a better start but the lack of wind got us again and we were last again
oh well cant get worse than that results not done by the time we left so we maybe surprised on handicap as only 3 boats in the fast fleet.
international 14 and Nacra 18. they all had kites and it did suit them we didn't have one and that's where we lacked. I will never moan about strong wind again as no wind sucks

2 races    3laps total 

2nd race start  from the Race box