Year: 2007

Exciting Weather

Today it has been nice and windy. I was expecting this weather, especially since yesterday’s swim, and I was looking forward to it. I rigged Bubble and went out for the first start. I had a decent start and after the dust had settled, I then it was a matter of staying upright. I was…



Sailing Bathtubs

Today, I went to the club to sort out the WiFi because when I set it up, I hadn’t done a proper site survey. Pero was there sailing his GP14. So, after I sorted out the WiFi, I decided to go for a sail with him. On Saturday afternoon, BTYC and Seahorse, the other two…



Frustration!

Today I left early and went to meet Steve. We had a chat because we hadn’t seen each other properly for a while. When we arrived at the club we started rigging but there was not much wind. I went to the start line I took my transits, checked the bias and I was ready.I…



Mistakes…

Today I was expecting a nice wind of around 10 knots. I thought it would be nice to sail in a nice wind and it should have enough power to move me around quite fast. I arrived at the club and started rigging Bubble. I noticed that the top cover was torn, near the gunnel…



“New” Boats

Alan a relatively new Wembley SC member was looking to buy a Laser. We had exchanged a few emails on the subject and he was asking for some advice. I was in the same position a year ago. I was looking for a boat and I could see quite crap boats changing hands for silly…