new boat

Today was the day i picked up mutley197 my new laser from sail laser in weymouh portland. the home of the 2012 olympics. the day started off ok but then after transferring stuff from straycat to the van i noticed the key was slight best, after a small bend  twang the key snapped. greg was on his way and suggested ring the rac.
they gave me numbers for car key cutters and did a good job. we tried swanage first but to no avail.

So at 930am we headed off to bournmouth with sat nav shouting left right  lol
the man said no problem, so i said two, he said £48, i said thank god you could do it.
We tried ringing tom at weymouth but he never got the message, so we knew we would be late , we eventually after going straight to weymouth met tom and we sorted the boat. really pleased we asked light board he said no, oh ,halfords, ok.
We picked it up in weymouth town and i thought hope its long enough, guess what it wasnt.
We got to portland tied the thing and left. we got back to swanage and unpacked and i repacked the boat down using ratchets straps and a proper light board.
So after an eventful day i am now the proud owner of a 8 month old acadamy owned laser 197631

Now the testing begins to get upto speed before the new season haha, watch this space !!!


This boat was bought by a swanage member in 2013 and has since been sold to Josh Craven in yorkshire sailing club.