Category: Dinghies

The Low Point

Light wind this evening and although I had a good start, things got worse. I was almost first off the line but I needed to get on the other side of the lake. Anyway, at some point the fleet was split into to two groups. I was leading the second group and I was sailing…



Fluky Winds, Fluky Results

The forecast for today was light winds in the morning and stronger in the afternoon. As it turned out, it was light in the morning bu in the afternoon, after it picked up it decided to shift, bend, die, gust and everything else it didn’t do all year. But let’s start from the beginning. On…



Light Wednesday

For the past couple of weeks, we have been having light winds. It is a bit annoying, because we need a bit more. Especially in a place like the Welsh Harp where it surrounded by trees, buildings and a wall. I arrived at the club nice and early, I started rigging and there was some…



Summer is Here

Today was a fantastic day. Nice, sunny and warm. I am sure there are going to be some rainy and horrible days, but I think that the cold weather is over. Today I sailed in shorts and t-shirt and I even took off my buoyancy aid, because it was too hot. I had to use…



Wednesdays Are Back!

The Wednesday Evening Series started today with light to no wind. We have all been looking forward to it and we have been talking about it since the switch to BST from GMT. There were some road works near the club, so the rush hour traffic was horrendous. I managed to arrive though quite early….