Gentle Saturday

It was a glorious day. Nat had been out late so I woke him up at 11.
We tipped up at the club to find Mel off to play Commodore at Limington so could I let Norman know...
We sat in the sun chatting to Lyn. Her with a cuppa and me with a half of Dorset Gold (deliberate product placement, I just might get a free gift). We told Norm and he was not too chuffed as he was up for a sail. But with Lyn squibbing, no Mel and I don't do Saturdays it was a non starter.

Well Nat and I prepped Plum Crazy then got changed and the set off.
6 knots blowing up the river required some gentle tacks to get out to the bay. Not many Brummy Navy boats so it was quite pleasant (stress free). We had trouble getting the boat moving fast enough to get the auto-bailers working so we splashed round in 2" or so of sea water most of the time.

We got the spinnaker up and in the light airs we jibed it without drama. then Nat had a go driving. We then ran into Avisa, Phil was fishing Daf driving and Michelle grinding the winches. We waved our cans of beer at them and had a chat.

The we headed across the bay to try and catch up with Nick, he had taken a Scorpion out single handed. Then we shot off before the race started. I took over and wesailed back to the river mouth. The wind had swung over 90 degrees so it was afew dog leg tacks to get home.
Nat jumped in and then promtly fell over a step between the 2 ramps cutting his shin.

All in all a fantastic sail, we were out there for over 2 and a half hours in warm sunny weather. Looks like Nat has better memory of the Merlin last time he swore never again !

Happy days !