Peter Jaggs poole bar bouy

got up and on the road by 0530 to avod the traffic that was still on the road early  lol.
it was sunny and reasonable breeze.
cleaned the laser bottom after turning it over and then go padling with it to wash the sand off
tidied the box so the lase kit could go in, sorted the laser full rig so it could be used.
i asked richard if he wanted to sail and also peter, both said no until peter jaggs rang back and said he could after all.
showed him the rigging to set the boat up and then off we headed into the bay, we then decided to go along ballard and then decided to go for poole bar bouy. we got there after 51m and then made good progress back to swanage only to find very light patches of wind.
eventually we did get back with the tide helping.
a good mornings sail

poole bar bouy

4.6 nm 54 mins out to PBB
4.2 nm 76 mins  return to SSC

Peter Jaggs on the way back to old harry

route to poole bar bouy after initial sail in bay

Peveril cup race

Peveril cup race, i had agreed to do the race with John Russ,. when i arrived at swanage early morning i thought   BAD idea. after milling around the club and taking some pics in sunny weather i came around to the idea that i would start the race and then if not happy  abandon.
the weather changed a lot from early am and the sea was flatter then expected. After the start we tacked to port and got clean wind and helped move up the fleet. we rounded peveril eventually losing some spots having to tack again or we would miss the mark. we still had greg behind us and Pete had overtook us around the mark.
then it was stay ahead of greg time as pete was gone.,we managed to keep pace with malcolm and anne emery  thats how slow we were, she did shout starboard on us  which made me chuckle when she realised she was on port and we were starboard to her. so next time we crossed i shouted starboard and laughed.  after 58mins of racing and 2 laps we finnished and on handicap  didnt come last, all the cats were bottom of the fleet.
a good day afterall and a few pints in the bar after  helped.
next day was bar duty and decided not to sail and it was not so inviting at the time. first night in the van away as well and found it cold which didnt help the asthma.. the race was filmed on the go pro hero,

up close to Pevril bouy

MBM 7424 on its stand

solo sail and 1974 cup

R1 1974 CUP

R2 1974 CUP

early start again to get to swanage and do a race with John Russ. it was the 1974 cup which was 2 shorter races. the weather was really nice and when i got to the club decided to launch solo and go for an early sail. on the water by 0830 and back by 0945 in time for the launch for swan 1 in memory of Bill Mcmillan. the boat is known as Swan Bill.
The wind picked up after we launched and i was a bit apprehensive. i made a poor start and ducked the fleet on port. the boat went well, we got snowed under by other boats but never mind. we finnished along way behind the 7th cat but considering this was my first race at the club for over  1.5 years.
race 2 we made a good start and had 3 cats behind us. we did well to keep them at bay and even managed to pip GREG !! by 5 seconds.fantastic weather and the early sail was captured on my new go pro hero 4 session.
total time on the water
solo  over 4nm   45mins
r1 1h19  7nm
r2  1h23  5.4nm
r2 includes in beach
r1 included out from beach

looking left toward SwanBill on the start line