Poop - we came 6th

No so bad except it was out of 8 boats!

I did think we did better than that but that's handicapping for you!

Balmain Regatta

On a day that started out sunny and ended in a downpour, but well after we had put the trusty Cheshire Cat away, we had a boat full of rock stars and sailed a great race. A reasonable start in mild winds around the Balmain islands leading to very brisk winds around Goat Island and then a run home, well ahead of our rival Rogate and several others in our division - non spinnaker B open yachts. With John, Jenni B (ex CYC youth training coach) and Terina, Julie and Dayna we had a great time, maybe a bit too much chat from time to time with everyone catching up on the months or years of not seeing each other. Jenni and John were not happy with the placement of some of the running rigging so did some instant rethreading.

After the race we stopped for a beer and wine but then decided to take Cheshire Cat home to bed before heading back to the club for the results. Just as well, apart from selling Jenni B my extra dinghy it meant that when the rain bucketed later we didn't have to go boating in the wet. We did have to climb the club stairs and the very steep hill to the car so managed to get completely soaked anyway.

And we know we didn't win or come second but have no idea where we placed as the rest of the results have not yet been uploaded to the BSC web site found here