29/02/12 Frostbite 8

The O.O.D. s of the day were out in force today. Were there going to be more O.O.D. s than sailors??? Well due to the lack of wind , I think it was a possibility.  

 

 Slowly 12 sailors started to rig their boats, the S.O.O.D. planned a simple but challenging course , a triangular one which was encased what wind there was! The start line was a bit confusing to one of our sailors.    11 boats sailing up and down the line and 1 Enterprise sailing up and down his own line.  Did Peter know something the rest of the fleet didn’t ????   No he didn’t ,when Peter realised his mistake he had 30 seconds to reach the real start line.  It was kind of Adrian to Peter know.

 

So all 12 boats crossed the start line , the first buoy was X  . The constantly changing wind made it a very testing first leg.  Chris ,Adrian and Mark made it round the first buoy closely followed by Peter and Sylvia ( see photos) .The next leg was a dead run.  The only ripples on the water was caused by the passing ducks! 

 

Chris , Adrian and Mark held their positions throughout the race but the chasing pack were catching up fast.    Fortunately the O.O.D s put the sailors out of their misery and finished the race. 

 

See the final results for this race on the results section of the website. 

 

Don’t forget a working party is on Saturday. Starts from 9.30.  Normal racing Sunday morning 11.00 a.m.