Round the Island Yacht Race

Jezz and Cliff had a weekend off Kayaking to do the Round the Island Yacht Race.

It was exhilarating, see: www.annwebcom.co.uk/rti

Our boat was like an overgrown Laser, no cabin, just room for 5 of us in the cockpit - we were so close to the action for 8 hours!

We were pushing 16 knots a few times!

Had a few incidents; witnessed the demasting of a big yacht, broaching with the spinnaker up in a force 5 wasn't pleasant, 7 miles close hauled with F6 gusts and the boat heeled over 60 degrees was very hard work - I can't climb or descend stairs at the moment as my thigh muscles have given up. Surfing 8-12 ft waves down-wind was exhilarating! The broad reach back to the Hamble after we finished was incredibly fast...

Didn't get placed well, crossed the wrong line anyway and didn't declare - I think Jezz and I cramped the helms style - he's 18 and won the National Sportboat Champs last weekend winning every race in the boat we were sailing!

Unbelievable and will do it again!
 

Hurley 22 June 2008

Cliff, Stu, Jezz, Mel and Luke woke early on Sunday morning to get down to Hurley for a quick paddle and to get Mel surfing.
On one gate it was too flushy for the smaller playboats however it was perfect for the longer Whip-it and the Recoil.
We managed to encourage Mel to get on to the wave and first time on she found her self sideways and swimming. However this did not put her off and the second time round she was surfing for a good 20-30 seconds.
Another few attempts saw her roll and swim again however full marks for persistence.
The video shows Jezz, Luke, Cliff, And Mel doing some surfing while Stu filmed most of the footage. Enjoy

Jezz's Second Medley

I Hope you enjoy it. A collection of videos from throughout the last year