Stag sailing video This video was made by Pete from the 3 boat Stag weekend mentioned below. I am now just back from a hen weekend on the same boat with similar conditions – maybe a little more sunshine. Still needed a reef in. I think the ladies loved the exciting conditions and all got very much involved in the action. Hopefully some pictures of the hen weekend to follow.
Some great sailing all year – not much time on dry land. Plenty of teaching, trip to St Vaast, Weymouth, heading to Devon next week, Croatia in August, then plenty in the Solent. Some very hot and sunny days, one rather wet, some very windy – whatever the sailing has been fabulous.
Had such fun teaching competent crew after lunch in Lulworth Cove. We did dinghy practice first and that is always fun. What a beautiful place to be teaching/learning. hard not to smile. Note the fantastic spread we had for lunch.
3 very different days – plenty of wind and sun for a Stag group sailing to Yarmouth for lunch with fun matched racing in the afternoon. (After the strenuous day, will they have lasted the pace for night clubbing in the evening?). Following day gales kept us in the marina but fortunately it was only…
Great to be racing in Cowes week. The weather is not dampening spirits but racing might be quite slow today. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/sailing/11792004/Yachting-back-in-vogue-as-boats-flock-to-Cowes-Week.html
Yachting with a twist – no end of ways to enjoy life in the Solent. Look at what we saw on one stag sailing weekend – water skiing behind a yacht – quite incredible. Then a slightly more sedate towing behind a yacht. We just observed these activities. But there was lots of swimming. Even…
Lucky with the weather this weekend. No where near as wet as forecast – phew! High Tides so easy to be in Newtown Creek which was not that crowded. Resting before some race training for Round The Island Race in 2015. Keen ladies eager to experience what it can be like. Many charter boats…