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race2

race 1

cruiser meetup

 

2 weekends running

 with an incentive to test the new car it was off to Bala 0730 start. the car went well loaded with kit for ERL and a strap for Mutley93

after rigging the boat it was of for a good hearty breakfast from the cafe wind was picking up but dropped at the start, not good starts didnt help and was overtaken by keen toppers and picos. 

after the 2 races it was off for a sail during "lunchtime"  stuart and Andy were out on the cruisers so i decided to head down the lake to see if i could join them 

surprising i was at the weather mark in 20 mins and they were there.

so with photo s being taken we decided to head down to the bottom end we had a good breeze, better than during the races.

wind got light at the very bottom and we decided to head back , with much tackig later and a good breeze to finish 2h22 later i was back on shore 

boat spot was moved back to where it was and packed away .weather was still hot, a few sandwhiches later it was the journey home. pleased with the day and lots of pictures of ERL as well.

2nd sail of Season

 well the wind was forecast 6knots from 12pm onward , so it was ideal to take Mutley 93 to bala and have a sail.

with Mutley93 in a berth ERL2007 was rigged for the race, it was baking hot and the race was delayed till 12, i set sail or drift early to see if the wind picked up sooner , it did and we were off , a bad start on the line and we set off on a simple X 3 A 1 X course, we did 2 laps, everyone then decided it was dinner and went in.

ERL stayed out and found good wind and set off down the lake to the weather mark, the wind waas easing so decided to head straingt back rather than visit every mark like last time. As we got closer to the club the wind did pick up and had a nice downwind bit back to the foreshore. the weather was hot and lots of suntan spray was used, the new edition of a big lomax orange box i was able to take the phone and play spotify Pink floyd whilst sailing, what more could u ask 

ERL was put in a newer spot closer to the clubhouse and bedded down , the heat took its toll so i stayed a while trying to recover . pleased that i got out on the boat again .