As I said on the last post, I am not sailing today. We are visiting Lydia’s sister in Bolton. During the week the weather was good, but yesterday it got cold and today it was raining and snowing with quite strong winds. At the harp they cancelled the second race because it was too windy….

Today I was expecting moderate wind just over 10 knots. So I woke up in the morning and it seemed there was no wind. When I arrived at the Harp, it looked more windy and the it was picking up. I started rigging and I could see more and more Laser sailors getting ready. Zoe…

I was expecting a nice wind today, but it was shifty and gusty too and I hated it. Mike, Steve and Brent were away to the the Bury Lake Young Mariners Laser Open, so competition would be lower. I didn’t really like it because we were just 5 of us for the first race. I…

Today was the first day of the Dinghy Show. I had offered to “man” the WHSA stand representing, obviously, Wembley Sailing Club. It was the my first time at the Dinghy Show and I enjoyed it. I went there with Pete and later on we saw Liam and Brent. At around 2 o’ clock, Steve…

Today I was on safety boat duty. I took my camera with me to take some photos. The wind was just over 10 knots, so there were no dramatic life saving scenes worth writing about. It was a bit fluky, though and pissed people off. After the races I rigged Bubble to take her out…