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fleaberto
Far too distracted from work Joined: 12 Jan 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 302 |
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Topic: Cracking Day. Posted: 25 Apr 16 at 11:02am |
Wellllllllll, maybe not so much 'cracking' as 'at least I got over my meltdown'
At our clubs Lightning368 Open a few weeks back I ended up in a 'totally and utterly lost the plot in biblical style' situation. Enough for me to not race in the afternoon and take a couple of weeks off. Anyway, reinventing the Roger Melly profanisaurus was, in hindsight, perhaps a positive outcome! The weekend just gone I decided, after a bit of a sailing break, to 'just go sailing'. Took the 600 out on Saturday on our front lake full of gusts, swirls, dead spots, massive shifts and more gusts (ideal then!!! :-\) ...3 little capsizes but it still makes me smile. TBF it was just a test float to check out some daggerboard case work I'd done. Sunday? - a bit of club racing in the Lightning to see if I could get my mojo back. Nice breeze, good courses, nice planing, good splashage at times and whilst I wouldn't say I'm fully over it, I reckon i'm 80% there. So, overall, the chance to sail 2 days in a row with two different boats and still have a smile and aching bones after it makes it a 'Good day' (or two):-) Edited by fleaberto - 25 Apr 16 at 11:04am |
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Lightning368 'All the Gear' (409), Lightning368 'Sprite' (101), Laser (big number) 'Yellow Jack', RS Vareo (432)'The Golden Rays'
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gordon1277
Really should get out more Joined: 24 Mar 10 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 665 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 16 at 10:30am |
Brilliant evening race
All day the forecast backed up by bramblmet had been light and rubbish but 4.30pm late sea breeze really great 4/5 sunshine with solent chop/ waves to play with downwind. Best sail of the season so far, Phantom is a delight to sail. |
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iGRF
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6496 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 16 at 10:33am |
They are lovely boats, I don't know why I'm buggering about with my EPS when I have a mini phantom doing nothing in the boat park down the lake. |
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iiiiticki
Far too distracted from work Joined: 06 Mar 16 Location: Derbyshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 206 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jul 16 at 9:19am |
Cracking day yesterday at Combs. Brisk wind and sun sparkling on waves. I think my old Lightning went faster in my hands than ever before! My slot gasket made of damp proof course worked as well.
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