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…

Today was the Summer BBQ day, so we would do two races back to back in the morning and then eat. I was asked to help with the cooking, so I would had to drop the second race in order to start the preparations. The forecast was for light wind, so I didn’t expect much…

The forecast for today didn’t look very good. During the day the wind was around 10 knots. Just before 7 o’clock, the wind eased a bit, so it looked like it would be less exciting. I went to the start line and it looked like we wouldn’t be able to lay the line on starboard….

Light wind, shifty and 10 boats on the water. Today, I decided to use my old sail. I wanted to see how worse it is than the newer sail I have. I went to the start line. The race officer didn’t set the ideal course, but it wasn’t very bad either. I had a really…

The forecast for today was light wind. I arrived at the club and started rigging. I decided to use my new sail since it wouldn’t be windy and the sail wouldn’t get stretched that much. I went out for the first race and I had a pretty good start. I was very close to Steve…