I’ll be Tony for the day and give a quick brief. If Tony did sail, he probably would have said “that was the best sail I’ve had in a long time”.

A small number for laser first Sunday, Musto Mick, Me (Pete), Andy Ballast, Amir, New members Charis and her dad (welcome), Jon (welcome to racing), Solo Dave, Contender Rodger and then the Merlin fleet of Paul/Anna, Jon/Blake, Nick/Mattel and Rich/Clive.

Big thanks to Leo, Maria, Alex, Linda and Adrian for doing duties.

Race 1.

We went to 1, 5, 14 (not 7 or 12), 11, 0 (not 10), A.

An interesting start as Pete and Dave opted for the race box end of the start line to try and tack in straightaway and lay it in to 1. Hampered by all the Merlin’s coming at us on Starboard. Well thankfully, the Merlin’s all forgot the way and ended up going in all directions. As a result by the end of lap one Commodore Pete was all but in the lead. Eventually the Merlin’s overtook one by one, but the damage of not knowing their way around was done. It was Pete, Solo Dave and Musto Mick.

Race 2

1, 5, 9 (not 8), 2, A

All the new comers joined for the second race. Again, a lot of commotion trying to get to 1. A case of first round was better off on in this race, with the wind having dropped a little. Musto Mick was flying, having got to 1 first. Never saw him again. Some confusion again with numbers for the Merlin’s. With one boat trying to go to 8 instead of 9. The beat up to 2, especially as you got closer, was very shifty. It was hard to make gains on anyone and it was more about finding speed in the gusts. Micky won followed by Nick/Matteo and Jon/Blake in the Merlin’s.

Well done all. See you next weekend.

Commodore Pete