To all the Tweed Valley Sailing Club.
On behalf of RRSRC I want to thank all the sailors who joined us last Saturday to sail our marathon race. It was wonderful having you all there to sail, and great to see different classes represented in the monohull division.
The conditions were not easy, that’s for sure, pushing against that brown surge of flood water, working all the way to the ferry and beyond, dodging wind shadows, bullets, and holes, trying to keep moving. It was a relief to round the turning mark and flow with the current, knowing you’d get to the finish even if the wind died!
For some boats, it was a true marathon, taking many hours to complete the race, not being helped by an NNE wind coming in, later on, making for more upwind work to get home, and having to dodge the bullets passing through the big buildings in the Ramada section. Well done to all boats for persevering.
One of our corsairs had a crew member who had sailed twice ever (in a recent learn to sail course) and had jumped in with an experienced skipper. It took them about four hours to complete the race, a true marathon. After the race, I asked the new crew member if he still liked sailing and was pleased to receive a resounding yes!
The sense of goodwill from the Tweed sailors was evident, the standard of sailing from Tweed was obviously very good (check out the start alignment), and it would be good if RRSRC members could make the journey to the Tweed every now and again to sail with you. We’ll have to work on it. Best wishes for the remainder of your season, and we hope to see you again next year!
Results are here.
Trent Morgan