First time at Alton Water for a very long time - Forcast was 40 knots south - so didnt fancy Felixtowe an tide bit late at Point Clear so thought I try an get some spot records at the Lake -  I got the mile - - and the one hour - but 00.2 of a knot off the top speeds Damit !!!  :-(   great day though I enjoyed it once I got the hang of the all or nothing wind - some good O boys there and nice to sail with Neil and Keith

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Today was southerly and the first time that I've tried speed sailing on port tack along the eastern course.

It was fun trying to sail in the opposite direction for a change but I was way down on Whitey's speeds.

I could have done without putting a hole in my sail after 20 minutes of sailing and enlarging it at the end of the session!

Good to see a decent number of speed sailors out today. Congrats to Shemi and Scotty on their PBs.

Southend-on-Sea
RRD Speed 41, 2014
Neilpryde RS Racing EVO 6 5.4, 2014
C3 SLINGSHOT 20

Poor show from me (as usual) started off with a nice comfy blast as the wind seemed to have dropped, towards the end speeds started to build then just before the wind kicked in i fell in the middle now getting knackered i couldnt waterstart for toffee spent 20mins in the water and game over - cheers mike for spotting and checking thankfully i drifted the right way!

my lack of fitness is blatant no breakfast i sailed like a mongo but hey big turn out everyone mega friendly and loving it, nice to see a couple of new faces also very friendly..that walk gets longer im sure....battered!

 

carbonart sp44 / ka koncept 5.8 / ka sym 23

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alpha practice, well done Scottyon your pbs