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Access TT Carsington - Report by Roy Child
On the 4th June Eileen Hundley, Chris Weston & I attended my first Access TT this year. It was a beautiful day with a bright blue sky & variable winds forecast. I left bright & early first picking up Eileen, then the boat (trusty old 303 no. 330) from the club & then Chris. We then trundled our way to Carsington Water Derbyshire – the scenery almost worth the trip on its own.
Arriving in plenty of time (that makes a change for me) we even had time for a bacon roll before the start! Chris sailed with me the first two races which seemed to take ages as the wind kept dying away. In a fleet of evenly mixed single & double hand 303’s, the results were rubbish – we were pushing the rest of the fleet along! Don’t know why – brain not in gear or the boat having a spate of go-slow. After lunch two more races & the wind even more flukey, Eileen & I set out to improve the situation. Third race we got a good start but gradually slipped down the order – I felt like getting out & pushing! Fourth race things started to improve, wind picked up & we’d had a good start. We were overtaken by all the single handers but finished leading all the double handers – a small victory for the day.
A very enjoyable day was had by all of us it was nice to see the familiar faces as well as some new ones on the Access circuit.
Roy Child
Another successful hoilday adventure organized by Jenny and enjoyed by those lucky enough to go.
Read the full illustrated report by Roy Child
Congratulations to Chris Weston, who endured two wet, cold and windy weekends at Draycote Sailing Club to gain his SI status.
We now have 8 Senior Instructors in the group, so you have no excuse for not becoming the next Ellen Macarthur!
Chris's achievement will be of great benefit especially to the Saturday sailors. Well done Chris
Professor Roy delivers his lecture!
Is Roy trying to do a Tony Blair by exploiting his success on the race circuit in the same way as the former Prime Minister is using his experiences in office to make a load of money?
Whether he is or not, his recent foray into public speaking arena proved a hit when he gave a talk to Northampton Off Shore Cruising Association members on his adventures on board Carrig Hannah in the Eddystone Charity Pursuit 2007 (See 2007 Archive for report).
Using a PowerPoint presentation containing over 100 photographs he kept his audience enthralled for over an hour. After the talk he was the centre of attraction as members flocked around to grill him about his exploits, much to the chagrin of his humble helper and bag carrier, Allan Henson, who they completely ignored!
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