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Putting in the miles
Posted 8 months, 15 days ago
Putting in the miles
Weddings are a time where two families come together amongst a group of the bride and grooms friends and consume way too much alcohol, say things they shouldn't and give small children an excuse to stay up way too late. Weddings are also another reason why you can't go out sailing on an otherwise perfect Saturday afternoon. This I suppose, that is why each weekend contains two separate days, almost like someone had a plan to create another, backup day where you could go sailing when the regular day was needed for something else. Now that I live but a stone's throw from St. George Moth Sailing Club, it was a short drive down after lunch on Sunday to put some air time in with Grant and David out as well. The conditions were light with some nice 15knot gusts at times, allowing a few good runs as well as a lot of flopping about. I didn't put the GPS on, so I don't know the actual speeds I was doing, but based simply on the shit-yourself-o-meter, I think that I must have broken the 20kt barrier at one point. Some other highlights of the afternoon included a much better tacking technique, better gybes and Grant being hit by a large power cruiser, luckily without any damage. I also had fun with the wake of another power cruiser managing to get the entire main foil airborne in a wave trough, and only one capsize. In other news, Phil managed to break yet another foil at the T-join on Saturday. At least this time he got the foil back.
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