Today was Laser training day. The wind was not strong enough so it seemed quite bad. We arrived early at the club, rigged the boats and were told about rigging and sail setting. We had a drink hoping that the wind would pick up and then we went out. We did some practice starts and…

Trainning day today with Colin, the club’s Commodore. At some point in one of my earlier posts I had mentioned a questionaire that arrived in the post from the club. I gave it back to Colin and he arranged some trainning for me. I think that he had in mind some racing trainning but it…

Today was Invitation Trophy. We had invited sailors form the other two clubs in the Welsh Harp. The format was three races, all to count. 2 races back-to-back, break and then the third race. We were 10 Lasers. The wind was not that strong today. On the first race my start was not good. I…

Today, I arrived at the club in time for this evening’s racing. I rigged a Laser and somehow today I took a sail from the garage that had tell-tales. The tell-tales, are small pieces of light string 2-3 inches long hanging from both sides of the sail. While sailing in a beat or a reach,…

The day started with a small crisis. I was getting ready to go to the club, when my mobile phone rang. It was Lydia (my girlfriend), stranded 2 tube-stops away from home. She would have to take two busses to get home and she was tired and sleepy from a night-shift. So, I went to…