The Opener 2010

the wind forcast was all over the place for the week leading upto the race, on the day the wind was light. richard my new crew was keen to sail and so was i.

we launched at 10 am and got a good bit of pratice in prior to what was going to be a short race (42 mins) we praticed our tacks and gybes so richard knew what to expect on mutley as it was only his 2nd trip on the boat.

a postponment and a very slow start didnt do us much favours, we followed the spitfire thinking he knew something we didnt. we went over the line very late but picked our way thru the fleet well by the time we had gone well right on the course. most of the race was fought against bill in albacore 8001, we had to run a longer course downwind and lost out every time.

we finished in one piece and saw that we had only raced for 42 mins ??

we ended up last on handicap BUT WHO CARES !! we had great fun.

in the evening the opener supper was well attended and we had a good meal.