an early start and on the water for 0805 am the wind was east to north east and crashing in on the beach launching was fun as i had to get the boat off the trolley and then some how move it higher up the beach because of the low tide. the boat was being picked up and thrown around.
eventually it was done and i launched forgetting to put the rudder down. i though i was going to be thrown on the beach again but got away with it.
after a few tack s i was out past the boats and hitting some fairly confused waves.
one minute leaning out next minute scabbling to keep the boat from falling over on it self.
i stayed out for over 1h 20 mins asa cup/fun race was due to take place at 11am
i was pleased with how i sailed in the conditions and preferred the laser to the cat in such conditions.
its nice to ride a big wave and crash down on a laser and control it better. as long as you can balance the boat its ok. more work needs doing on the tacking and down wind gybes as a few were all most capsize jobs. once again my gps failed to track so must look into that.
