Another weekend with the Midlands posse at Draycote, with Shiny back on the water and half of team cheese on a journey Essex to collect Dan's Boat, Saturday's turn out was 2 cherubs - Fuzzy sporting a pair of crews, Joe and Robin, and Shiny with the usual suspects. The morning's promising signs of wind brought crews from single to twin wiring and Shiny set a course with a rival 29er, beasting them in a flash of green on the downwind. But victory was short lived, with Jamie suffering some pole difficulties... After a quick fix, the 29er was soon behind again. On the other side of the reservoir, Fuzzy's temporary helm took to the water, only narrowly avoiding the tera, and showed some good speed upwind, but Robin couldn't quite keep with shiny downwind!
After a quick pitstop, there was a swap of crews, making for a terrified Abi helming Fuzzy with an equally terrified Robin crewing, and all the Js in Shiny. Thankfully no breakages/deaths occurred and with some eventful hoists and drops from both boats, the final crew change was made before the quick blast in the dying breeze.
Sunday saw fog and no wind, with Jamie on OD duty, and Tom back from essex with Dan's boat - unfortunately, the fog never lifted enough to go sailing, however the day was spend with Jamie, Tom and Robin checking and rigging Dan's boat, ready for the next meet of the cherub posse - hopefully next weekend.