Sunday, 21 September 2014

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 !
         

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