spring series 8

finally managed to get down to swanage after suffering from the flue.
set off early in order to get lots of jobs done.

boat box lid fixed, battens replaced and cut to size, crack in deck and side of hull filled. good old sikaflex for a temp repair.
after a few tips from mike about rigging i was finally ready to hit the high seas, the wind at 8am was good but when all the boats were on the beach the wind dropped to nothing. alan went out in his mirror and once i seen he had made progress i said lets go. the race was postponed for 30 mins so off we went.
there were good patches of wind  and then nothing, i did hear the hooter and thought they are actually starting this, no one was even close to the line except mark and desney. after what seemed like ages the 3 hots signallaled race abandon, every one got towed in.  i said to rich  hey the wind will fill in and sure enough it did a little and we stayed out, i let richard helm to give him some pratice. it was a nice sunny hot day, shortie wetsuit as the order of the day and a hat with plenty of sun cream.
next week marks the 75th anv of the club, a barbie on the saturday after a cup race. should be good. looking forward to it.