Today was a day with mixed emotions. First of all. I was held up at the office and I didn’t leave before 18:00. That’s bad. There is no way I could get in time at the Welsh Harp. I arrived 50 minutes later and I had to rig a Laser and change in 10 minutes….

Yes, I know. I was not supposed to race because I don’t know the racing rules. The thing is that since last Wednesday I have been thinking about it and I came to a decision. I would race, by following everyone else and I would stay out of everybody else’s way so I don’t do…

Today I was supposed to sail with Kelly, but she sent me text saying that she had to stay late at work. I arrived at the club and since nobody was looking for crew, I decided to sail a Laser. I was quite excited about it because a Laser is a single-handed boat that you…

Yeap! You guessed right. Today I had my first experience in dinghy racing. But let’s start from the beginning. Today I wouldn’t sail with Kelly, because she would be racing. So I went to the club and was hoping that either someone would be looking for crew, or I would sail on my own. It…

During the week I have been following closely the weather forecast for Wednesday. I want dry, fairly windy days. It’s nice if it is not chilly. A temperature of 20°C would be great, but let’s not ask too much from the weather. Anyway I have found this great website (skylinkweather.com used by aviators but pretty…