I'd been looking forward to the YCW Shambles race all week. The race is out to the east Shambles buoy over to Arish Mell and back again, we were representing WSC in the Rear Admirals's cup series and all in all it deserved some effort.
However the God's were not kind and the race was canned due to the southerly blow that we were having on Saturday. It galls me not to continue racing because of some wind, after all yachts need wind to go fast, but I suppose it's better to sit on your backside in the club than loose the rig and put everybody in danger.
Some of the competitors took a drive to Portland Bill and evidently the seas were pretty huge. I think the gusts topped out at 40.7 knots, strong enough but the sea state is also pretty bad usually in that direction.
Steve and I took the opportunity to finish fitting the jackstays and one of the safety eyes as well as fitting the correct cleats for the kicker now that they'd arrived.
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