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