Sail Chat 11th August
Nice warm day with a gentle east, south east breeze which fluctuated in strength. Good to welcome long standing members Sue and Steve Harridge, all the way from Lymington to perform their duty. Their arrival at 1015 an example of time keeping for duty crews. Participants in the morning, David, Island Pete, Tim and James Comets, Elise Topper and Claude club Pico. Sighs of relief from duty team as expert time keeper Hillary hove into sight, to be eagerly assisted by John Rolfe. Much scraping and sweeping by most present as the geese had been prolific in this regard! All sailors had a pleasant tack downstream and run, reach up to a low E mark, for an hour.
In the afternoon the wind stayed moderately inconsistent but had shifted further to the south and in spite of the breeze it was hot. No Merlins, to the chagrin of the race officer, who had set a special, lengthy course for them. Three GP's John and Ali, Derek and Mary and to our delight Alex and Jade in a club GP doing their first race, they enjoyed it so much they did an extra lap!
The burgeoning Comet fleet were joined by Philip and crew of Charlie and Sammy ( I think, but someone was in a canoe so it may have AN other). They were joined by Roger in his Laser, who was rather pleased with his performance and said he felt ten years younger for it! Ian and Ivan and Jane with visitor Sam in Enterprises had a good race in spite of a late start by Ian.
Super tea and cake to savour as one has come to expect from Sue and Susie over the years. My two slice award, awarded!
Bar by various. As often happens the breeze increased as boats were covered and the land cooled. A nice day indeed at HSC.
Unfortunately the silly season has arrived with our lovely weather as the youth are intent on climbing to our roof to jump off. Criminal damage was caused to our preventative measures on Monday and Tuesday, which has been reported to the Met Police. Please do the same if you find any or see any via 999 or non urgent 101.
Phill
Last updated 2:46pm on 21 January 2025