Category: Dinghies

“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…



Sailing & BBQ

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…



Sinking Bubble

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….



Appaling Start, Good Recovery

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…



Rules, Collisions and Protests

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…