Kielder Day 1:
Club: Excellent as usual
Sailing water: Likewise. Reservoir very high. Literally miles of uncrowded water to play with.
Overall turnout: Pretty good. 5 Cherubs. Mixture of 49ers, Int 14, B14's, lots of Musto Skiffs, 59ers, Iso and 12 Foot Skiff (and probably some others I can't remember). About 30 boats in all.
Wind: much better than forecast. Abt F2-3, with periods of 4ish.
Weather: Absolutely bloody awful. Ken's wife said the thermometer in the car never got above 4 degC all day. Rain, with squalls of severe rain/hail. Everybody hypothermic with numb feet and hands. However, as usual, everybody having a great time and pretty happy to be here!
Race officer says forecast for tomorrow is somewhere betweeen 3 and 22 knots, depending on which forecaster you look up. I guess as usual Kielder will do its own thing regardless of prevailing weather conditions. Despite the weather, those of you who didn't make it are missing out!
N.