first race of season on "ERL" #2007

dashing to swanage to get parked earlyi was held up my every slow driver and tractor ont he planet.
got in with just enough space to park the van, the plan was to sail early am then go to sail johns boat in pool on straycat. the weather at swanage was misty and windy.
i went for a few zzz in the van and then a cornish pasty from the cornish pasty shop.
then i decided after looking at the wetaher it would do the cup race as it looked CALM
boat on the beach and eagerly waiting.
afew 15s were racing, linda and adrian and myself amda few dart18s
the wind was ok but the waves were choppy and building.
prior to the start my mainsheet hook came off and that led to me missing the start, the nearest boat had cleared the mark as i started,  at mark 2 a few lasers gybed and fell over. from 2 to 3 was entertaining as was 1 to 2
rounding the 3rd i niced i was catching linda, by mark 1 i had caught her as she mistimed the rounding.
it was a bit more relaxed wind wise going upto 2 so i gybed with easy being well right of it.
when i came out of the gybe i was sheeting in and bang
the mark was between both hulls. ?????
how did that happen. after watching the vid from headcam i still do not know how it appeared so fast  on me
the safety of nigel and cliff came to the rescue, it took a while asa nother boat capsized while i was hiding the mark in my boat.
after eventually releasing it i was then in irons and very close to the ledge  was it going to be 2005 all over again as it was a strong ebb tide and the wave state was the same.
i beckoned the boat over again and asked for the bow to be pulled around as with one sail i couldnt tack around . they did manage it and i wthen made it safely back to the club.
it was good fun in the conditions just to survice, i was a tad upset i didnt finnish but it wasa story to talk about and everyone had a laugh about it.

4.1nm   "ERL"  44M   RACE  SOLO   270517

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgJMOVyLxDg&t=45s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTYDYaHJ7qI

22nd May 2017

was supposed to be 10 to 15knts south south east.
struggled to get off the beach with lack of wind. then the main fell down and then the rudder decided to unhook, as a bent retain clip didnt help
managed to clear the pier and then decided to see what it was like getting back. the social group were heading out slowly and aln in the mirrow never ever made it past the old pier.
i headed back out for one more try then decided no.
wind was no existant of tide and a bit of a chop, but it was sunny
back on the beach i struggled to get the boat up the beach as i forgot to place the trolley in the right place and made it heavy.
after finally packing the boat away and not feeling to good i headed home
30 mins sailing and 1.1nm  not good
sorted a few problems with the laser, ie wrong trolley under another laser. all sorted, hull delaminated on port side where gunwhale support is, boat was full of water.
old repair i think gone bad.