Well, I went sailing on Sunday and had an absolute shocker…

To start with I was probably the least prepared I have ever been and so after calling the start (keeping us just behind the line) and the first beat I was a little slow with hooking up the A-sail for a reach across.

Basically the reach across ended up going like this: Top mark > hoist A-sail > drop jib > spinnaker on deck > go downstairs to put on a harnass > change the sheets on the A-sail by flying out to the clew > hoist Spinnaker (outside) > drop A-sail > pack jib > gybe > pack jib a bit more > gybe > get other jib on deck and plugged in > gybe > finish plugging in the jib > hoist jib > drop spinnaker…

Not many issues but not a glamour performance from yours truly either. Didn’t matter too much in the end with plenty of other stuff to do along the way (couple of jib changes downwind, broken halyard on the jib and broken jibsheet) in 15-22kts of breeze in fairly sunny conditions and ending up first in class as well as beating the other class that raced the same course on corrected.

Anyway, the shame of my performance is behind me and another day of uni-work ahead before heading for Amsterdam and the METS for the coming days. Should be interesting!

Ciao!