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Strong winds from the SW resulted in Classes 1 and 2 abandoning their Friday night crossing to Guernsey while Class 3A whos start was on Saturday morning opted to go to Yarmouth. Thanks to Deity for this report:- After
much debate mainly by Channel 37 entrants decided the thought of a race to
Guernsey with the adverse tides did not appeal. An alternative race to Cherbourg
was also rejected due to the inclement weather and forecast. All class 3
entrants decided a race to Yarmouth was more appealing than wasting the weekend
in the garden. After a postsponent a gate start was set up at East Hook which
allowed Vertigo to join us from Swanage and Resume to rise from their bunks and
catch us up , well almost. The spinnaker was let out the bag for a while but
prudently taken down in the blustery SW wind. The race to Yarmouth was soon over
in Force 5-6 conditions with a favourable tide finishing at Yarmouth in about
Two hours allowing retiring to the Pub for an early lunch. The sponsor Christine
Simpson in Eye to Eye also sailed to Yarmouth as Class 1 and 2 had decided not
to sail cross Channel. This enabled sponsored drinks to be provided in the
Kings Head but we were unable to consume the full allowance. Christine continued
to Bembridge to Enjoy the rest of the weekend and most of the fleet scattered
around the Solent to do cruising before returning to Poole in less than nice
conditions. Deity spent Monday watching Cowes week big boats rounding the
windward mark of Lymington and decided their Spinnaker drill was little better
than the PYRA fleet but nevertheless interesting.
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