On Saturday the first race was *windy*, perfect time to get to grip with a brand new main sail that was delivered to me two hours before the start (that's ironic BTW...). Race 2 to 4 were with patchy wind, with gusts galore. One moment you are on the trapeze trying to hold the boat down, and then, as suddenly as it started you are teabagging.
On Sunday the day started by a long postponement for lack of wind, but we were able to sail two races in the afternoon in medium wind, enough to lift a hull downwind, but not enough to trapeze upwind.
Only six F16 showed up: Chris and Georgina on a Viper, Paul solo on his brand new Falcon, Mark came all the way from Wales and John from Rutland, both on Stealth F16. Of the 10 F16 in the club parking lot only two showed up, Pete and I, Pete on yet another Stealth F16. I'm going to have words with the slacking club members...
Paul missed the first race as he was not fully rigged yet, and then abandoned the second and subsequent races because his trampoline got out of the beam track. John was hit by an A-Class on the start of race 1 and had to go ashore to tape the holes but he came back for race 2. Something happened to Chris and Georgina as well in the first race: I saw them on the start line, but spotted them ashore later on.
In race 3 Mark missed a mark (sic) and retired, while I just quit in race 4 as I was running dead last at the first windward buoy by a mile and figured out it was a good plan to beat everyone to the bar instead (priorities!).
Pete, Mark and John decided to start packing at noon on Sunday after waiting three hours for the postponement flag to come down, so they missed the two Sunday races. I can't really blame them, I almost did it myself.
In the end Chris was way faster than any other boat, always finishing before the spitfires which started 5 minutes before us and beating the A class sharing our start (which are
Not slouch sailors themselves). The results speak for themselves: Five bullets. Definitely a better sailor than the rest of us...
The results are now
on line.