2 lots of sailing and Yobs Night

Events of Friday 15th
Sail No. 1
A week off work in the middle of August and it has rained every day ! OK most days. BUT today was good. S0 Tanja and I headed off for a little sail in a Feva.
We get ready in an empty club house, it feels like we are trespassing, being oddly quiet and deserted.

I tell Tanja again there is not too much wind and we set off. Ideal run out into the bay force 2 to 3 and sunny. Happy Days!

Being Friday there a few visiting boats turning up and you just hope they are looking out for dinghies.
We pass O and P heading away from the river mouth into the bay. Not a lot of swell and very few power boats kicking up wash. Tranquil sailing on warm water, I just love it.

After 40 mins we head home as we have more things to do. Dash home pick up Nathan and head back to the club picking up a dry towel on the way (Douglass Adams would be proud)

Sail No. 2
The Y0bs (Youths On Boats) had a good turn out considering it is summer hols and all that.
All 6 Fevas were in use and Phil S had them doing practice starts and then 3 mini races.
Michelle S had a new megaphone and she was having fun yelling with it :+)

Nick and I took Plum Crazy out for a blast round the bay. I sailed out of the river into the bay on a gentle run. Nick put up the spinnaker and started to adjust the port pole down haul as the spinney was not flying right. I am still having trouble sailing up wind balancing the boat during gusts with out Nick throwing himself about.

After scooping a bath full we head off down wind to clear the water. I hand over to Nick and the craziness begins. We capsize and recover then while adjusting the rig the mast gate (angle Ali bracket) is ripped out of the deck by the Mainsail out-haul pulley. Then the the transom flap crack opens up so we are slowly filling up but not as fast as the self bailers are empting.
The Main out-haul appears non functional and during a prolonged spell of capsizing and recovery the bungee on the port pole pinged off the mast and appeared to be another casualty :+(
The pole had flipped over and the missing bungee hook was trailing in the water so we sorted that one.

I grabbed the mast gate bits and stowed them in my bouncy aid pocket and carried on. We tacked and "sank" a few times then we sailed back to the fleet.
At which point Nick asked what would happen if he (on helm) fell out ? I said the usual reply "Man overboard" and he flipped backwards out of the boat. I managed to recover him on the 3rd attempt to mock cheers from the committee boat Viking. I did try to run down Nick a few times to make up for his silliness.

Time to head for home so one last race up the river to the club. We joined in and I started about 3rd but in no time we had over hauled the training boat. Time for a tack and I capsized AGAIN. To make matters worse all the kids passed us :+(
We got P.C. back up and the safety boat gave us a bucket to bail with. Very hard trying to race while Nick bailed a half full boat. We swapped over, me chucking water as we passed the kids up the river and Nick timing his tacks so as to almost hit the harbour wall or moored boats.
In the end we were 2nd or 3rd as the finish of the race was the boat on its trolley on dry land.

Quick shower and then it is off to party. We dropped Nathan off for his party and then we went to Hause (its Spanish and I can't spell sorry).
We park up and We meet the Nickel Coin crew as Hause is sailing with us while he is over here. He has left Spain for month to learn English by working in bars. This is where Norman "picked him up".
We have a great time exchanging stories of drunkenness and stupidity. What I did at the regatta party etc.......
Eventually I drag a merry Tanja home at 1:15. We have to get up a 6 to fetch the other kids from a holiday with their Nan. To cap it all off Nathan is locked out and wakes me at 2 AM after he gets back from his party !

A very busy day.