Anybody Else Cancelled Their Easter Sail

[xyachtdave]

We came to the land of London this weekend as a short beat (motor!) out of the Medway made a downhill sail up the Thames easy.

Just been into Ocean Leisure on the Embankment and bought a Musto balaclava thing so we can get home!

 

[greggron]

Out and about today, nice and empty. Portsmouth to Chichester harbour mouth and back. Nice shake down, but brass monkeys would suffer!

 

[Houleaux]

A pleasant downwind sail from Chichester to Bucklers Hard on Friday.

Nipped around the corned from Bucklers Hard to Swanwick Saturday morning.

A sunny beat from Swanwick to Chichester Sunday.

Cracking weekend!

If I can just work out how, I may even post some video.............. Wrestling with .MOV formats and massive file sizes at the moment (camera's a new toy). Not too good at the techie stuff!!

 

[lustyd]

I don't mean to be funny but..............................it's about 37 degrees here xxx

It's 37 degrees here if we use fahrenheit

 

[Houleaux]

My first YouTube video!!

A short excerpt from our beat back to Chichester from Swanwick.

The Solent was virtually empty - apart from this group of yachts who were assembling for their race!



I should, perhaps, point out that my wife's actually a size 10. She feels the cold!!

Cheers,

Rob

 

[EuanMcKenzie]

went down to the boat at Largs, put the heater on to do a few jobs and stumbled across the RYA youth nationals which are on all weeks

http://events.sailracer.org/eventsites/default_sy.asp?eventid=156411

the laser sailors were out in wet suits!

meanwhile i had to repair a blown hose under the sink 0- frost damage i tyhink and my boat is in the water - won't moan again about the cold while they are out there

 

[dunedin]

went down to the boat at Largs, put the heater on to do a few jobs and stumbled across the RYA youth nationals which are on all week

the laser sailors were out in wet suits!

Yes, a very big event - we stopped off on the (sadly broken) pontoon at Cumbrae to spectate on our way back to Largs.

Very cold - but otherwise great sailing weather for them, sunshine and a good breeze. The cats, 29ers and 420s were going fantastically in the breeze.

Chilly for those in the RIBs and committee boat - and a huge beat home after the racing for Lasers who seemed to be over near Rothesay!

PS And 4 great sailing days for us, all breezy and sunny (but also cold)

 

[Ru88ell]

A very bracing sail south from Porthmadog to Barmouth today. Gusts at the top end of a 6. Bloody freezing. Now resting aground and alongside the wall - forum burgee well extended.