Boxing Day Race

It was still quite breezy for the annual boxing day race at Weymouth Sailing club; the traditional post Christmas blat around the bay with a finish outside the club which involves sailing up the narrow harbour, this year it involved short tacking.

Stephen drove us to a really good finish in fifth place, despite trying to roll a cigarette with the tiller between his knees when we were sailing really deep and seconds away from a chinese gybe!

Always a good race and we only have one more race - New Year's Day and then that's it until April!

Farr Out Wins Weymouth Sailing Club 2010 Handbook Cover Competition

We may not have a lot of trophies to pick up this year but we're going to be on the cover of the club handbook!

The great photo taken by Iain Jones of our recent big broach was voted winner by the attendees of the Commodore's punch party on Saturday. One of the older club members complained that the photo displayed bad seamanship, Ho Ho.

Sunday morning saw race 6/6 in the Winter Series with only three races completed. I'm pleased to say that we were first; not enough to get the series but we were really flying in 10-15 knots of breeze and flat seas. I think we managed to keep in the stronger breeze bands in a northerly wind and to keep the boat going fast.

We plan to move back to the IRC class for the spring series, so our time out front of the fleet will be over. Let's see what we can do though........

Finally we get a race. WSC winter series 5/6

So in this series we've had race 1 and race 5, the rest being blown out. It was a pleasant if cold morning on the water; we started off slightly overpressed under No.3 and full main but had changed up to the No. 1 by the end of the race. Probably not early enough seeing though we were six up and lost it on the beat across the bay.

First across the water but it wasn't enough and we ended up in third place with Daddsie winning.

Whilst it's blowing hard here, let's enjoy watching others...

I just thought I'd post this lovely Youtube video of Figaro 1s training in some wind. Enjoy.



Sometimes that spinnaker pole just gets in the way doesn't it?