SWAC<\/a> sailing a RS Laser. Took a while to rig the boat together as I wasn’t sure that I was doing things right. Sorted that out or so I thought. Managed to tip it over trying to get the rudder in setting off. After having tried out for a bit I spotted that I’d managed to not put the battons in the sail. Managed with out.<\/p>\nA bit of patchy breeze but I was sailing. Had a couple of power boats tearing up and down Southampton Water at the edge of sailing area just to make it more interesting. The sky was a little more interesting as I noticed black smoke emitting from three of the Fawley flares.<\/p>\n
At the end of it I had the satisfaction of getting back ashore in one piece without too much faffing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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