The BSA event of 2010 was held down in Weymouth. We did a bit of "one design" fun racing in the light winds on Saturday and the forecast was looking good for all of Sunday. However, the wind was light all day and by 3pm we had only done one scoring race... plus a few non-scoring "fun" races over the downwind course. With 45 minutes of possible racing remaining, the wind kicked in and the two fleets (each with over 20 racers) managed to get in another four rounds of downwind slalom. It's amazing how much work it is to sail a 2km course including 4 gybes and then head back to the start! It only equates to 3 minutes of racing, repeated every 10 minutes with the time inbetween spent getting back to the start or time in sequence. However, with all of the pumping at the marks and trying to squeeze every knot out of your kit on the straights it gets surprisingly tiring!
Overall it was a cracking event and I was chuffed with my race results in the amateur fleet (2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st), winning me an O'Neil Windfreak 4.5/3.5 Wetsuit. All of the speeds were done during the last 4 races when GPS speeds were the last thing on my mind.
Also had a nice chat with Norman Petty. Thanks for coming over and introducing yourself.
Kit: JP Slalom V 76, 8.4m NP RS:Slalom MK II, Tectonics Talon 46
Tech Details: Navi GT-31 V1.3 (B1123t), GpsarPro v4.20, Doppler, Cubic Spline.
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