This morning there was a bit of a breeze and made think that today sailing would be really nice. I managed to leave the office in time, so I arrived at WSC at 18:30. It seemed still a bit windy.<\/p>\n
I started rigging a Laser but I asked to crew in a Merlin Rocket for someone. I un-rigged quickly the Laser and went out in the Merlin. I was racing with Fred. We were too heavy for racing. Our total weight was over 34 stones! We had a not very great start and the wind started dying down. If that wasn’t enough, it even started raining. The rain got quite strong, and the wind was getting even weaker.<\/p>\n
It was good for me because we used the spinnaker<\/span><\/span> quite a lot, so I became a bit more familiar with it. I also so some other things that I can improve on my sailing. I was watching a girl in a Laser and although she was nowhere near as heavy as I am, she needed to move more forward in the boat. That means I have to be sitting even more forward than her! If I would race in a Laser today, I am almost certain that I would finish before her, because she was doing quite a few mistakes. So I wouldn’t finish last. That’s not the point though. The point is to get better compared to the same people every week.<\/p>\n Overall, it was good. We got really wet because of the rain. Actually if we would capsize, we would be drier! I learnt a few things, and I feel more comfortable now inside a Merlin Rocket, than before.<\/p>\n Sunday should be quite windy, hopefully. Looking forward to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This morning there was a bit of a breeze and made think that today sailing would be really nice. I managed to leave the office in time, so I arrived at WSC at 18:30. It seemed still a bit windy. I started rigging a Laser but I asked to crew in a Merlin Rocket for… <\/p>\n