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Monday 8 April 2019

Bala S.C first sail 7th april 2019

setting off to bala around 7.20am and arrived 8.50am
found the boat after the floods and set about unraveling the mast and fittings
got it all sorted with about 10 mins to spare to launch for first race.
new mainsail and new downhaul added.
the course was wrote down on the printed map and then used gaffa tape to fix to sail.
the courses can be all over the place so it did help.
the wind was light  but did build for race 3 in the afternoon.
lunch in the lakeside cafe was good  the sun was out so sat outside.
sailing on bala was good but very fickle. thats lake sailing surrounded by trees and mountains.
Boat didnt seem to want to go fast even in the breezy bits. i think the rigging is maybe too tight, early days yet plenty of time to sort.
it was good to be back on the water.  total miles over 14  sailing time 2h 40




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZiolFBtOH4&feature=youtu.be  clip from race 3
race 1

race 2

race3

race 4