Nice report Mark, covers it pretty well.

We had a very good time at Mumbles, enjoyed the racing and the hospitality (tks. Colin/Sheena/Alyson).
It was just 2 days racing, but the time we had was used very well, with 9 races. A good thing was that we hardly had to wait in between races. Also 3 resque boats on the water meant they were there when you need it. And I did need it, stuffed the bow already before Joannna was secured by footstrap/chicken wire. And over we went. Got even separated from the boat after we righted it. Happily all happened just before the first start. But after that we decided to ease it a bit on the downwinds. First couple of downwinds without kite and later on things were more in control.
For some reason we had very good speed, a bit more than I'm used to. Must have been either the crew or the Strongbow's

The second day was better, a little less gusty and we came very close to JohnP in the results. But the last downwind decided the game, John was quicker (again) on the downwind and won the race. He didn't even give us the change to give him bad air.

Lots of fun with enough changes in positions, throughout the complete fleet.

Geert
Blade 9