Slow news month
It’s been a quiet month.
With the JJ out of the way, the 18s have been winding down towards the end of the season. Thankfully all the handicap races are out of the way, and only 1 weekend is left before things wrap up til next October.
The Moth has gone off to it’s new owner Phil, who is charging around Rose Bay every weekend, getting faster and faster every time he ventures out.
That leaves me with not much to report on really… other than the corporate games last week. My MacBank team took the title over our arch-nemisis from last year, PB. We took it to them right up to the end, scoring a vital penalty in the final bottom mark rounding to take the series.
And my boat is due to leave the factory tomorrow. I hope I will get some time sailing it before Easter.
Talking of slow news, I’ve even ventured out on a 29er for the first time in close to 3 years. My god they are small and slow boats. I keep waiting for the bow to lift out and the thing to accelerate. But no, the laws of physics are not easily broken.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Didn’t you leave macbank a while back?
March 30th, 2009 at 10:31 am
@Popeye… yes, over 2 years ago. I’m probably now a sailing consultant for them
March 30th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I hear consultancy pays quite a lot more then being an employee…
Good luck with new boat!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:03 am
What were you racing on for the corporate games?
With economic down-turn and mass sackings, I’d imagine you were racing puffin pacers!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:23 am
@Marty J
Hard to fit 9 people on a Pacer.
We were racing in Sydney 36s. Not exactly high performance boats.