Slipping

Another race, another less than stellar result. Sunday 4th was a nice day, we had a crack team, Julie, Dayna (welcome back!), Jenni, Roberta, and a good start right at the gun. In fact we were so close i was a little worried that we might have been over. But all was well and we headed north to be quickly overtaken by most other boats. Among other excitement we were about to go to the rescue of a capsized dinghy. One of the little kids started screaming and we couldn't see the other one properly and feared a head injury or a tangled foot. The battery went to 1, the furling headsail line was cleared and Julie was about to dive in when the safety boat arrived and one of them dived in instead. The kids were safe. Not long afterwards a dinghy capsized right in front of us. We didn't run them down but it was touch and go. They righted themselves and were back on course before too long. But after a lovely sail we came last again. At least our handicap is now very low.


And we have the boat up on slips having her bottom sanded and re-anti-fouled. It's been 18 months since it was last done. Now we should go fast again.