Sunday 28th September 2014

"Sunday 28th September 2014"

 This was fun . Nothing to do with Sunday but more exciting . I managed to fix my rudder but I think it will go again so I need to look for a new one . It was very light winds today but just enough to get round the course . But where had all the boats gone ? After the very big turnout last week for Bart's Bash we were down to single figures again . Only two  GP's sailed the first race and then only us for race 2 and 3 .

It was lovely day though and a very pleasant sail . I was sailing with Jo-Anna and we chatted about the club and the poor turn out of boat's . There was enough wind to race so that wasn't the problem . Maybe the format needs a shakeup ? Plenty of boats turned up last week and you even had to donate to enter ! Wednesday sailing is always popular and the training is proving a big hit so things still look good for the future .

Sunday 21st September 2014

'Sunday 21st September 2014'

This Sunday was 'Bart's Bash ' . It was a worldwide  record attempt at the total number of boats sailed in a race to raise money for charity on behalf of Andrew' Bart' Simpson who drowned  whilst sailing an America's Cup boat . 32 boats took to  Hollingworth Lake (18,000 participants world wide ) for a mass start , each making a donation to the charity . The afternoon continued with normal club racing .We had a minor mishap with the tiller .

It had been repaired before a number of years ago and must have been going for a while . Luckily we were still near shore and it was light winds  . It could have been a problem in a strong breeze . We managed to borrow a replacement for the rest of the day so still had a good day's sailing in pleasant conditions . I now have it at home and I am attempting a repair , another member is bringing up a spare one on Sunday and I have also been looking on E bay . A new replacement would cost in the region of £350.00 !