Easterlies!

Arf. Just checking the wind expected for the weekend, more easterlies expected! (whine whine) Easterly winds are horrible at Largs. Somehow the wind funnels trough a gap in the mountains, develops deep puffs and lulls, and sailing just gets plain difficult. They didn’t say that before I joined the club!
But I’m set to [...]

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Moth racing

With me nearly settled here, and after some planning done, it is time to get into competitive mode again!
I’m back at target weight (66 kgs), and found out I’m getting fit. After a crash of my PC fitness programme near the end of the routine (bummer) I decided to see how many crunches I could [...]

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Oldskool

After long deliberations Hans from Rotterdam got himself a moth again, remember those lowrider days? Hans wants to go foiling later, but will start lowriding to get back into mothing. So here’s proof of another dutch mothie on the water. Check out that windmill!

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Next

So, tomorrow dinner at Largs SC, and a ride on board a cruise boat! Westerly Oceanquest, 35 ft. What a life. The owners seemed a bit worried that I am too much of a racer, so I’ll wait 5 minutes before asking where the spinnaker is Just kidding I’ve heard you [...]

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The Clyde has been foiled!

Finally managed to get flying today! Clocked 19.5 knots tops, but it was only for a wee while I’m sure
There was quite a bit of wind out, way above my limits. But if you don’t go out, how can you stretch your limits?
I did only 5-10 minutes of flying, which mainly consisted of me [...]

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Club race

Had another club race last night, this time on a RS200, very nice friendly boat. Interesting to race with someone who knows about racing. This helps me learn about courses, current, timings, but I have no idea how I will ever learn to see if there’s a header or a lift coming up! That is such [...]

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