Monday, April 23, 2018
Social Sail 21 April 2018
With a SW blowing and a flat sea with the occasional ocean swell as we went into deeper water.. Sailing was great. First to sail around the sailing ship Europa which was anchored in the bay.. then onto a great sail... nicely powered up fetching for Robben Island where we sailed past the Island Harbor and then back to CT.. with the breeze dropping a bit. It was an excellent day on the water and a good opportunity to "blow the cobwebs off".. Aboard were: Dale, Ian and Iain jnr.
Monday, April 9, 2018
RCYC SENIORS RACE 7th April 2018
A firm favourite on the calendar and not one might imagine. the talent that comes out of the woodwork for this one is big.. with some very well known and highly experienced sailors showing their faces.
Sieger was to be our "senior"for the day taking command. this year we were relegated to the next class.. ie. Seniors refers to over 60.. the next class is over 70.. Sieger had to remind us.. as he did not look the part.
Racing was good with a bit of confusion on start times.. either we lost a minute or the bridge did.. albeit the rest of those starting with us on the first go were spot on with us.. so we lost on the second start. Once going we had some ground to make up.. with Sieger getting the feel of the boat he soon had her going well for the conditions... with us looking to stay in the puffs making up some distance we had lost right at the weather mark, then a sublime run/reach and a fetch to the finish.
Overall we came 11th out of a big fleet.. but second in our age category... We were more interested in racing age category so were very pleased at the outcome.
Aboard were: Sieger, Dale, Antoinio and guest Louise(sailor from Aus)
Sieger was to be our "senior"for the day taking command. this year we were relegated to the next class.. ie. Seniors refers to over 60.. the next class is over 70.. Sieger had to remind us.. as he did not look the part.
Racing was good with a bit of confusion on start times.. either we lost a minute or the bridge did.. albeit the rest of those starting with us on the first go were spot on with us.. so we lost on the second start. Once going we had some ground to make up.. with Sieger getting the feel of the boat he soon had her going well for the conditions... with us looking to stay in the puffs making up some distance we had lost right at the weather mark, then a sublime run/reach and a fetch to the finish.
Overall we came 11th out of a big fleet.. but second in our age category... We were more interested in racing age category so were very pleased at the outcome.
Aboard were: Sieger, Dale, Antoinio and guest Louise(sailor from Aus)
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
SOCIAL SAIL 31 March 2018
Yolo likes to keep up a level of being used.. whether it be racing or cruising. So Saturday sailing starts to happen over the Winter period when there are no events or unable to participate.
Headed out to the Woodstock corner to pick up the SE.. en route saw a large sunfish doing it's thing.. then into the breeze and started to reach down the coast line.. with the wind quickly touching 26 knots it was decided rather to go to Granger Bay and anchor there for a while to avoid a long beat back in strong breeze.. a comfortable sail and motor to Granger bay where we anchored and spent some time.. followed by a motor back to the marina. Aboard were: Dale, Ian and Sieger.
Headed out to the Woodstock corner to pick up the SE.. en route saw a large sunfish doing it's thing.. then into the breeze and started to reach down the coast line.. with the wind quickly touching 26 knots it was decided rather to go to Granger Bay and anchor there for a while to avoid a long beat back in strong breeze.. a comfortable sail and motor to Granger bay where we anchored and spent some time.. followed by a motor back to the marina. Aboard were: Dale, Ian and Sieger.
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