Month: November 2006

Good Forecast, Bad Weather

The forecast for today was 20-25 knots wind. It turned out that it wasn’t as exciting and on top of that it rained. Most people were slightly late due to last night’s drinking. I wasn’t that bad, but still not in a great mood after yesterday’s news. I arrived at the club early enough to…



Sailing and Laying Up Supper

I was sailing today because it was supposed to be nice and windy. Not that it wasn’t but the forecast changed during the week, but the excitement remained. It was a bit windy and cold. Before racing, I finished rigging Bubble’s cunningham and outhaul with the new XD Power Pack I got from Ben last…



Bubble’s X-Mas Gift

Today, it wasn’t a great day. Nothing exciting really on the racing front. In the morning the wind was quite light and I hadn’t managed to set my sail properly. My control lines didn’t seem to be working properly so I didn’t finish. I went in because it was pointless. I was not making any…



Light Winds, Boring Day

Unfortunately, the wind today was not that good and the whole day turned out to be quite boring. On top of that today we had a pursuit race. In a pursuit race, different classes of boats start at different times and they are all expected to finish at the same time. So the slower boats…



Nice Wind, Good Performance

Today, I was at the club early enough but I was helping James rig his Laser, so I missed the start to the first race. I just followed around the others because there was a nice wind. Straight for the second race then. I had a good start and I was with the leaders for…



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