Month: Sep 2018

Commodores Cup Sept 15th 2018

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Yesterday I sailed the Commodores Cup Race, a handicap race around Peveril Ledge Buoy in RS Vareo 239 in testing conditions.

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I’d got the hang of the conditions – which saw winds increasing with more chop on the tidal race – by the third lap, but by then battery had died. Getting the kite up on the first lap was a mistake :). Live and learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyJxF-VRhh0

The camera is an Akasao EK7000 at 720p and the battery lasted about 42 minutes. If you live in East Dorset check out Swanage Sailing Club which has excellent dinghy sailing.

Cruise to Studland Sept 2018

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Sailing out of Swanage Bay in a dinghy is always a bit of adventure. Today was from Swanage to Studland beach and back, about a nine mile trip.

The video shows the calmest parts, it was pretty hairy at times out of the sheltered waters. The lesson learned today, get your angles right so you don’t have to tack in the middle of a tidal race.