Exe Regatta and MUVI Micro video camera test

Work prevented us taking the Yawl to the national championships a fortnight ago, however we did get out on the water for the exe regatta the following week (which was a windy one). 

Yawls getting ready for a windy saturday at the Exe Regatta

The change in genoa track position that we made toDY171 has made a big difference to boat speed and pointing. DY171 appears to be going ok, last weekends racing showed that the basic boat setup is pretty much there.

Results

On the way back home from the race course I ran a test of my waterproof camera strapped to the mizzen hopefully I'll be able to post some racing footage in the not too distant future.

Happy Sailing,

Rich

Pesky Birds and Round the Island Race 2013

I have been spoiled for sailing over the past few weeks. Firstly the month of May finally heralded Spring (better late than never) and presented me with two amazing bank holidays to take the yawl out on some adventures around the Exe. Our first Yawl race of the season was wet and windy which gave us the opportunity to really test the boat in challenging conditions, we were glad to see that nothing broke and the Yawl survived unscathed, less can be said for my poor Dad :  )

In other 'thrilling' yawl related news, the bird scaring bunting seems to be doing the trick and saving the cover from the majority of bird attack. It would however appear that a small minority of hardy birds still can't resist a go at making our poor boat a mess.

Outside of Yawl sailing, this weekend I had a break from the Exe and headed to the solent for an early start and some champagne sailing on the round the Island Race. 20kts of wind at times and almost continuous sunshine was an unexpected treat, I hope to see some more days like it this summer. Our team didn't get round the island in the sub 3hrs that Ben Ainsley managed but in a nevertheless respectable 8 and a half hours.

I snapped these photos on my iphone as we rounded St Catherines lighthouse

Happy sailing,

Rich