this is why I love sailing people - hammerhead, regatta day, West Mersea

[dylanwinter]

I have watched this film several times and there are so many things about it I love.

Nothing much happens - just a lot of poeple turning up to go sailing.

I used to race out of West mersea and have had many happy meetings of old friends on this hammerhead

and more than a few post mortems

I love the enthusiasm shown here....the polite and happy sailors.... all up early in the morning.

I love the way our sport spans the generations - old blokes like me are treated as equals by young people.

As a father I love the young, healthy people and the excellent balance they show as they climb into the boats.

 

[johnalison]

As a father I love the young, healthy people and the excellent balance they show as they climb into the boats.

Especially with hands in pockets.

 

[dylanwinter]

there you go

Especially with hands in pockets.

so much to see in thins little bit of people watching

there is the kid attempting to tow his launching trolly wityh his bike

in 100 years time this will be an amazing little bit of film

Dylan

 

[davidej]

love it

went down the hammerhead today - fraid to say not much action

is that the beast you can hear in the background?

i dont know why you abandoned it in favour of an outboard - and not even a seagull

 

[dylanwinter]

beat not abandonned

love it

went down the hammerhead today - fraid to say not much action

is that the beast you can hear in the background?

i dont know why you abandoned it in favour of an outboard - and not even a seagull

Aha...

keep up at the back

he beast is till in fine fettle

the gearbox is stuck in fwds - and if a gearbox is going to get stuck anywhere then forwards is the best state to be in

I decided to get an outboard for a back-up and for manoevering around anchorages

I borrowed a 4 hp seagull

used it once and hated what it did to the water

so I now have a borrowed 2hp Honda four stroke

the fact that I now have an outboard with which to threaten the beast means that it has been behaving impeccably since the Honda arrived

but the outboard is a pain in the backside to keen on moving it around the boat

While sailing it lives on the floor of the cabin - at anchor it lives in the cockpit

you are right though - the single cylinder diesel makes a much less annoying noise than the outboard

still great when you can turn it off though

Dylan

 

[tillergirl]

Ah, the usual suspects! Some familiar faces - and not so familiar faces. Who was that man with C....? This video may have unexpected value!

Cadet Week is as much fun:

 

[dylanwinter]

kids in boats

Ah, the usual suspects! Some familiar faces - and not so familiar faces. Who was that man with C....? This video may have unexpected value!

Cadet Week is as much fun:

my son was a topper sailor

seeing kids completely at home in the water is a great pleasure

watching them come back through the moorings against the retreating tide

missing £30,000 yachts by inches

wonderful

Dylan

 

[tillergirl]

I agree. And as young as 9 and 10

 

[emsworthy]

I spotted plenty of shorts and Dubarry combos! I thought East coasters were adamant that sort of plumage was limited to the Cowes/Hamble variety of the species!!