How the other half live
I took a bit of a mental health day from work today and instead spent a few hours on the water… first training session for the Moth Worlds.
Nathan, Slingsby and Stu came along. All of them seem to do nothing but sail. Or windsurf. Or kitesurf. Or play golf. Or whatever it is you do when you don’t have a real job. And it shows in their sailing.
We did plenty of runs up and down the harbour in a gusty Easterly. To be honest I was pretty happy with the performance against Nathan, but there’s plenty of room left to improve. And after sailing against Tom both on Saturday and today, I have a new benchmark for upwind straight line speed. It is no fun seeing someone walk away doing another couple of knots through the water. I guess I know how most Laser sailors feel.
It was all good fun no doubt, but I don’t know how you’d go about doing it day in day out…
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:57 pm
I cant never decide whether to resent or applaud the guys that can just go sailing as often as they want! When the amount of sailing you do is inversely related to the amount of money you make it’s hard to know what to do…
C’est la vie
February 4th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
What day do you want to go next week? My Mach 2 is meant to be delivered to WSC on Friday so might have it up and running for next week. Tuesday or Wednesday arvo’s are good for me.
February 5th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Congratulations, you’ve been selected for the Moth worlds form guides kybosh!
Planning on returning the favour?
February 11th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Where’s the JJG form guide mate? It’s one of the highlights of the event.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Scotty! What is happening mate? Still nothing heard? How am I suppoed to know what is happening in the sailing world?