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Sunday 15 May 2016

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