Time Out
So much for having some time off after a couple of hectic months of Mothing.
I was in the country for all of 12 hours last Sunday before Cam called with an offer to sail his 12 at the Port Stephen’s “Winter in Paradise” regatta.
Well, it wasn’t really paradise - with it’s nice breeze, but freezing cold water. We raced the 12 against a couple of others and a mixed fleet of an 18, a 16, a 14, Cherubs, a Canoe, a Moth and a flotilla of double and single-hulled tupperware.
In the end, the committee decided to finish boats on whatever lap they chose, so despite being laps behind, the Cherubs beat us across the line in some races.
Winter racing in Sydney - sort of like a good summer’s day in the UK - continues with the Brass Monkey Regatta on the weekend of the 11th and the Woollahra Harbour Marathon on the 19th.
Hopefully we can line up the 18 for a hit out against the other boats…
