2021 Nationals with Dragonfly

Written in 2021 but not posted...


This years nationals was at Weymouth held jointly with the Cherubs. In a moment of madness I decided to do the Lord Birket at Ullswater on the Saturday and Sunday before the nationals started on the Tuesday.

Long very quiet race Saturday with an unusually subduded feeling ashore… Sunday morning the lake was mirror like, after the race was postponed twice I thought it was time to pack up and head to Weymouth. As always the sceanary is stunning and the company good, caught up with many old friends.

Drive to Weymouth was wet…. and long but arrived 9:30 ish so not too bad. Sat nav seemed to send me down some surpriseingly small roads.

Measured boats and sails on Monday , Tuesday blown off for racing so more measurements but all caught up now which is a good feeling.

Racing on Wednesday was good, we had about 22 boats entered , blustery conditions meant that only 5 finishes for second race. Generally boat going ok but not particularly on pace. Both me and boat a bit out of condition but current sails are good. Rest of event went ok, ended up 3rd overall with Glen first and Robin second.

Both Glen and Robin are using foiled rudders, Glen certainly seems to have good pace but also has very nice sails from Lenon, difficult to see if the rudder is making the difference. It’s not making him slower…


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