Out of the Blue,
Camus Bosta and Exody all turned up expectantly to take part in the club's
pursuit race to Colintraive.
Off Kip it was
blowing 27+knots and on Out of the Blue it became apparent that with the
skipper recovering from a hernia operation and not being able to winch or
steer, his crew of Catherine, Margaret and Lilias were a little light weight to
control her in the gusts. So OOTB duly retired and headed back to Kip leaving
Camus Bosta and Exody competing for honours.
On Exody with
a crew of 5,
including founder member Sheila Jennet, two 50 something lady day
skippers and a 20 something dinghy sailor, the conditions were such that
they also had trouble reefing down and a late start followed by two gear
mishaps, (a bucket jammed in the genoa sheet turning block and the topping lift
fouling on the new backstay insulators, then getting itself fully entwined in
the wind generator) led them to put the engine on and retire while they sorted
things out .
Meanwhile
on Camus Bosta Neil, Chris Garrigan and Don Gillies sailed on unaware of the
carnage behind them and as the only boat to complete the race they were
declared the winners.
Once inside
the marina at Kip and after an empire biscuit or two the crew of OOTB rallied
and as the wind had dropped,
took heart and headed out to try again and under slightly better wind
conditions, managed to motor to Portavadie.
Seamus and Nick on Emma Louise had
intended cruising up from Ardrossan but couldn't get out of the marina due to
the high winds. However they eventually sailed in later in the afternoon
when the winds had moderated.
Despite all
these mishaps, four boats arrived safely at Portavadie, fully appreciating the
warm showers and the drying room and 15 sat down to a truly enjoyable meal in
the restaurant.
Sunday was
by contrast light winds and wall to wall sunshine which was a sunbather's
delight. We all motored home and Saturday's horrible weather was quickly
forgotten.
No photographs regrettably.
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