Big opening day
Strong nor-westerly winds all weekend made for an interesting start
to the 18 footer season at the League.
Conditions were too severe for my fragile 30kg piece of flying
carbon-fibre, so I spent the afternoon on Sweeny’s cruiser watching
the 18 carnage on the Harbour instead.
With our boat (and a bunch of others) still in the container
returning from San Francisco, the fleet was already low on numbers.
Less than 10 boats ventured onto the course, and only 1
finished!
Cocko on Casio had no troubles in the strong breeze, looking pretty
comfortable - unlike everyone else, who struggled around, broke
gear, and retired early.
Micha and the guys on Belle Property had the best capsize of the
day, smoking along in a big gust before crashing hard and breaking
their boom… good effort. Herman (in his usual form) took his new
boat out with no footstraps and a slippery deck, always good in a
25 knot breeze!
It’s going to be an interesting season…
