Then a man came to see us called Tony Gill who was originally from Glastonbury [ 40 years ago], he said we could use his large garage /lock up at the club to store the boats. Nice one - he used to sail OK dinghies and Flying Fifteens. We went out in glorious sunshine and a 10-15 kt easterly. We went about 2 miles out to sea doing rabbits then a long down wind into the middle the bay.
Then the Brazil and Peru teams asked if they could join our racing, and one of the most competitive and memorabe couple of hours I have seen took place.
It would be true to say that BRA and PER were very good, some don't even go to shcool, they sail and have tutors.
The first few races were a bit tough for GBR but gradually we started to do much better onthe 14 minite windward leeward races. One of the sailors was the south american champion.
Milo won one, Jamie had a second, Jo a third, Sarah a 4th and Matt had several good windward marks.BRA and PER sailors could hold very narrow gaps for 2 minutes without moving. Our sailors had to 'man up' to starting and be much more aware of what was going on around us. Lots more practice to come and some better pictures. Just off to dinner.
Bye now.
Ah sorry about the picture, from my phone, I left my memory card in the laptop so I didn't get any pix today!
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