Dear All,
WoW! event 7 was warm and sunny, but the wind at Abbey Meads was cantankerous, basically north-easterly 5 mph, but some gusts coming from the north and others from the east. The course was set ensure that one of the legs of the triangle there would be a beat. Four members and an invited guest, Mike Bridges, who worked with Roger at Wimbledon enjoyed 8 races with a mixed fleet of two 10 raters initially, 2 Marbleheads and a BOTTLE boat. Mike was heavily involved in developing the ideas for the folding roofs on Centre and number One Court and making them practical.
Peter Dunne was trying out his new DEFECTOR 10 rater and found a glitch on the steering, so he changed to his new Croatian KANTUM 2 IOM, which performed OK as can be seen from the photographs. New member Charles was able to get his WHISPER Marblehead going, but found control at the distant mark difficult until later in the afternoon.
Roger enjoyed sailing his BOTTLE boat for a change, as it is so light and responsive and on one occasion nippy enough to reach the windward mark first.
The only disappointing thing was that there were no members from other clubs despite every M&S club secretary being emailed with the invitation to this event.
Cheers, Roger
