Pink Day 8th June.
What a wonderful day – sun, gusty winds and lots of Pinkies raring to go! !4 boats with 30+ youngsters and oldies all taking to the water after the usual pink fleet breakfast, thanks to Paul and Barbara. Ken briefed us in the club house showing us the flags and explaining the course, while Barbara M and Barbara S cleared up the breakfast remains.
It was great seeing Richard forsaking a safety boat for his Comet, even if he did have a capsize or 2! There were the brave youngsters in the Oppie, Rhys and Teddy, with their younger sisters out with Dad, James in the Mirror, Gary in his new boat, Dave and Sandra in their Wayfarer, Robert in the Comet, Grace in her Topper and lots more other boats……
Paul and Jan teamed up in one of the safety boat while Ken and Dene were in the other. Their help was much appreciated as in the gusty winds there were plenty of capsizes – Grace went in twice, Monica got well and truly stuck in the mud and had to me rescued, but Alice and Wendy stayed upright in a Laser and full rig Pico, well done girls.!
Everyone came in wet and exhausted after the hour long race and of course the usual disqualifications……Dave for having a compass on board, Sandra for wearing the wrong pink, Alice for going too fast and Monica for littering the lake – she lost her sponge on her 2nd capsize!
But the undoubted winners were Rhys and Teddy in the Oppie – well done boys, fantastic sailing!
Pirates in the afternoon.
Gary held his usual briefing promptly at 1400 by the log – it was great to see so many eager youngsters. Brian and Anne went in 1 safety boat, Carole and Gary in the rubber duck, Tracey in the 3rd boat. They had a short race out in the middle of the lake, with lots of capsizing in the fickle winds – a relay race to the beach and back and another short sail before the exhausted, wet happy band came in for their hot chocolate.
Kate took Affi out in a kayak, while Tane tried out his new Oppie – Craig and Robert on a surf board, retrieving boats floating away from the pontoon – some of us need to do a knot course!!!
The rest of the afternoon saw the BBQ put to good use and lots of youngsters having fun.
Yet another great day at RSC!!
