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It's piddling across. Still, it could be worse, it could be 'really' raining with high winds.

 

Spent yesterday morning in Poole Harbour on safety boat looking after 'Flying 15s'. There were suppose to be 15-18 of them but only six crews turned out and only five decided to race. 28 knots and a fairly short course made for swift racing. Only the back marker was having any difficulty. They had a propensity of choosing a line between narrow gaps. And eventually came within a few degrees of capsize but manage to save it; only to drag their main across a moored wooden cruiser and then its mooring bouy.

 

The first came in 10-15mins. before the last crew. It threatened rain but nothing happened till we were loading the car, when it chucked it down. We got wetter in those few minutes, than we had out on the water. But just after we got into the car, the forecast hail arrived and the harbour disappeared from view. Vizability went from being able to see right across the bay, to less 100m.

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It's piddling across. Still, it could be worse, it could be 'really' raining with high winds.

 

Spent yesterday morning in Poole Harbour on safety boat looking after 'Flying 15s'. There were suppose to be 15-18 of them but only six crews turned out and only five decided to race. 28 knots and a fairly short course made for swift racing. Only the back marker was having any difficulty. They had a propensity of choosing a line between narrow gaps. And eventually came within a few degrees of capsize but manage to save it; only to drag their main across a moored wooden cruiser and then its mooring bouy.

 

The first came in 10-15mins. before the last crew. It threatened rain but nothing happened till we were loading the car, when it chucked it down. We got wetter in those few minutes, than we had out on the water. But just after we got into the car, the forecast hail arrived and the harbour disappeared from view. Vizability went from being able to see right across the bay, to less 100m.

 

HI ALL very wet here mate and high winds here mate thanks jon :thumbup:

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