The racebox refurbishment continues with repainting the railings nearing completion. Eric, Sandy and John have been beavering away with the rollers and brushes and ladders and have the place looking pretty good. I have been scraping blue paint off the back of my hand since the weekend too despite wearing gloves.

 

Dewar Seres at PSC

Graham Keir continues to show the way in this years Dewar Series leading a fleet of seventeen boats on Sunday in both races. A light south east wind made for a fairly tight course so some of the marks were a deal busier than most of us have become used to. Lots of place changes made interesting racing without the gusts which caught some people out yesterday.
The series resumes next Saturday

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Easter Monday 21 April

Despite a 7:45 start and a wind that was quite light, another great turnout on the Tay on Easter Monday with lots of place changes. The main challenge in race one was the lack of wind at the first mark at times and this separated the fleet considerably.
With the buoy moved for race two, the wind filled in nicely keeping both ends of the fleet on the same round and allowed two rounds to be completed before the light went.

Our first general sailing evening tonight was enjoyed by thirteen member's boats. Fair winds and sunshine greeted sailors and while it did get a bit cool later, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I helped Rick in the safety boat but apart from helping one Feva off a lee shore among the bushes, we were largely unnecessary.
Keith, Jim and Doug were all trying out their (not so) new Solos and experienced some teething troubles but all should be resolved soon. We couldn't find the sails for the third Feva so if any member can remember where we may have stored them for the winter, please enlighten us.

Kinnaird Weekend

The first trophy weekend of the 2014 season took place in breezy conditions at Lairwell over the 12-13 April. Looks like an exciting sail judging from the photos, and I believe the "rubber duck" for the first capsize has also been claimed.