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…

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…

Today after last night’s drinking, we are back at the Harp for sailing. The wind is back on and it seems that it’s going to be good. I arrived early, I started rigging Bubble, but James came and I had to help me rig his Laser (a club Laser actually). By the time we sorted…

Saturday today and although I went to the club for sailing, there was hardly any wind so I decided to give it a miss. I would struggle, I would be frustrated and I would be trailing at the back of the fleet. I arrived late for the first race anyway, so I decided to sit…

I was hoping that today there would be more wind than yesterday. Unfortunately it was less. On top of that on the first race, half of the fleet followed one course, the other half another course. It turned out that the race officer changed the course half way through the start sequence. It was a…