Sailors are generally a superstitious lot, and nothing happening this year is stopping me from becoming more superstitious. In the last few weeks we have had the harbour blanketed in thick smoke, red rain which covered our boats in mud, gales last Thursday causing yet another abandonment due to too much wind. Then just top things off, Saturdays trophy race was abandoned due to no wind !! Barring a plague of locusts who knows what lies ahead this season!
I am putting it down to one or all of these (and believe me there are plenty of sailing superstitions). Please review this list and take any suitable action :
Even given the lack of wind there was a great turnout on Saturday and the light winds threw up some interesting battles. Some of the smaller light weight boats were proving more than competitive with the bigger boats. Unluckily there was not enough time for the course to be completed, but I am sure there would have been some very interesting results had we been able to complete the course.
Well done also to all the MYC boats that competed the Festival of Sails over the long weekend. The posts on the MYC app and social media certainly showed some good results, great sailing, and even greater socializing over the weekend.
I am putting it down to one or all of these (and believe me there are plenty of sailing superstitions). Please review this list and take any suitable action :
- There must be a boat storing a case of bananas onboard.
- There has clearly been an imbalance in the number of “red skies in the morning” compared to “red skies at night.
- There is too much whistling around the club.
- Too many boats have been renamed.
- Stop annoying any albatross.
- Someone has been mis-treating their cat.
- Skippers do any of you have a crew member called Jonah.
Even given the lack of wind there was a great turnout on Saturday and the light winds threw up some interesting battles. Some of the smaller light weight boats were proving more than competitive with the bigger boats. Unluckily there was not enough time for the course to be completed, but I am sure there would have been some very interesting results had we been able to complete the course.
Well done also to all the MYC boats that competed the Festival of Sails over the long weekend. The posts on the MYC app and social media certainly showed some good results, great sailing, and even greater socializing over the weekend.
Regards, Tim O'Grady
Div 3- Class Captain
Div 3- Class Captain
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