Category: Dinghies

Strong Wind, Good Result

Last Sunday with the strong wind I thought it would be my day. I thought I would do well. Unfortunately I didn’t. The shifts made my life very difficult. When I was beating, if I would get a header, the wind was so strong that the boat would come on top of me so fast,…



Breeze and Bruises

Strong winds today and I was expecting lots of Lasers out. Unfortunately, my expectation didn’t materialise. The wind was strong while we were rigging and it picked up even more. I went out for the first race and it was quite gusty and shifty. In the first race my start wasn’t very good, and considering…



Odd Weather

When I arrived at the club it was fairly windy. When I was rigging it was quite hard because of the 13-knot wind. When I launched it started raining cats and dogs and just minutes before the start, the wind dropped to almost nothing. I had a quite good start and I was second off…



Wembley Open Meeting

Today was the Wembley Laser Open Meeting. Last year I was last out of 32 boats. This year I knew I wouldn’t be last. The point was to get as high in the fleet as possible. The weather wasn’t going to be very good. Light to medium winds and rain at times. The format was…



Windsday

Nice wind today just over 10 knots and many of us thought, that it was our day. There was bit of rain which spoiled things a bit, but it seems that June is not a good month, this year. I didn’t do as well as I expected, but I had lots of fun and that’s…