opener/spring series1

today marked 7 years of sailing at swanage sailing club.
a new van LT to get me there and new catrax wheels for mutley.
weather was predicted very light but sunny, lots of boats turned up and lots of new faces.
mutley was rigged and dave and i set off on a season that we hoped would be much better than 08.
the opener was a mass start for cats and monos. the start was dleayed and when the postponemnet di come down we were well behind the line, which then led us to do a port flyer at a good speed. we got to the line ok and were one of only a few that went on port, we had clean air and made the mark no problem dodging the yachts that would have caught many out.
we came off mark 1 in 3rd place behind the chem and clark spitfire's, we followed for 2 laps and just lost touch when a change of tactic took us into the middle of the square course.
we lapped most of the field as far as tim page's laser. we were not far from the two spitfires
we thought we must have done reasonably well , however the overall result was not good. 25th didnt really reflect on how well we had sailed, no mistakes at all and everything we did we gelled well.
we were rewarded with 3rd cat which counted to the spring series. and we beat greg !!!
an encouraging series start, but for the cup it was a mono day.

2009 The Opener

well a good start to the 2009 season, the weather was windy all week and forcast windy all weekend.
I said this year i wasn't going to look at the weather and travel anyway, old habits are hard to get out off.
I looked and decided not to travel saturday, weather was 23 to 28knts and above from the northwest, better lighter winds for sunday. HOPEFULLY !!

new crew needed

well not a good start to the season. trusty dave is working hard and cannot make a lot of the season.
so i need a new crew to cover for him. the ability to trapeze is a must or be willing to try it.
contact me at KJS63@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
season starts march 28th.