Mum and Dad decided to treat me to a new boat, I could not believe how lucky I was. I didn't want to let my amazing 3942 to go though!
Back to club racing and we managed to have an Oppie points race as there are new Oppie racers this year, I am so pleased to have other Oppies to race against :0) I hope we will continue to have more Oppies join in the racing as we have lots of new beginners this year at the club. I did well as I came 4th in the handicap race and 2nd in the Optimist Points race.
In the afternoon I went out on my fellow Oppie sailors Mirror, I crewed and it was brilliant, we came 3rd in our race which wasn't bad as it was our first ever race together!
Off to Warsash Sailing Club for an IOCA Optimist open. I had lunch on the water, well I was supposed to the safety boats forgot our lunch. I made lots of friends and turtled my oppi for the first time ever. I had to just sit next to my daggerboard so I did not get cold in the water as I did not know what to do in a turtle capsize. I ended up coming 12th out of 15.
Ready to win the race
Being towed out to the race course
Back at chipstead its summer camp and its also 35 degrees Celsius so lots of jumping in and capsizing deliberately and also some non sailing related things like building cardboard boats and racing them. I preferred the sailing but racing cardboard boats was also fun. I just can't believe that I came 2nd in the cardboard boat racing. I loved rolling tacks and the odd turtle deliberately :0)
Me and my instructor
Me deliberately capsizing
Me bailing after capsize drills
Me and my sister sailing her topper
