New Year's Day Fun Race
2016 arrived much as 2015 had departed, grey, windy and wet. This didn’t deter 6 of our members though and with the promise of shepherd’s pie and chocolates for afters, the first race day of 2016 was set to be a very social affair. With the customary chatting, tea drinking, hangover nursing and rigging a very late arrival on the water was on the cards. This was fine for the race team though as the more time everyone took to get ready the more time they could spend in the warmth of the club house. In the line-up were Carla and Sina in their 420, Allan and Sara in an Enterprise and Steph and Henrik in a second Enterprise The first race downriver was off to a clean start in a gusty force 3 to 4 south to south easterly wind but alas the first capsize of the new year was upon us in no time at all! Not wishing to hang around in the water the crew soon had the boat upright and were in hot (figuratively speaking of course as you could hear teeth chattering from 50 yards) pursuit of the two lea...