Amazon Sailing|Jeanneau Sun Fast 32 – GBR 9452R

I sailed Amazon from the Medway to Ramsgate on Thursday in time for two days of SailEast racing which was part of the IRC three day regatta of Ramsgate week with about 35 entries. Because of the 12 half tonners in Class 3 we were moved up to class 2 along with our friends and rivals on Antix.
The wind was pretty much the same for both days with south to southwest 17 to 22 knots and mainly foul tide beats which favoured the bigger boats as we did a lot of slamming into the very short chop. We got two thirds and two fourths in class 2, I’m not sure what that equates to in our normal class 3 and were well beaten by Antix yet again. But as a result we are now class 3 champions for SailEast 2010!

We decided not to race with only four crew and a forecast of 25 to 30 knots, but in hindsight we should have as the wind was only 20 knots and more importantly no rain. With no discards we still scored second in class and eleventh overall for the weekend. Next weekend it’s SailEast at Ramsgate

A very light day afloat with very varied results! Our results were a first and a second in class, so everything to play for tomorrow and a second overall followed by a second to last, so both extremes. Tomorrow looks rather windy!

Just got back from the Ramsgate SailEAST. Different format than usual rather than 2 races on Saturday and 1 on Sunday, all 3 races were on Saturday.

We had a great day on the water, with only one of two incidents (managed to do some trawling with the kite – didn’t catch any fish though!), great weather – nice and sunny with about 17knots of breeze all day.

Crew consisted of Ton and Chuffy, Dave Mallet, Me, Ian, Catherine and our local knowledge Janey Mann.

Left the boat early this morning for a quick trip back to Burnham via car while Tony and Catherine sailed Amazon back to Burnham.

Next race on the calendar is Burnham Week.

So this weekend is the final SailEAST event at the Dabchicks Sailing Club at West Mersea, always a great party. There will be plenty of MGC and Dancing on the ceiling.

Tony is taking the boat round on Thursday. Hope to see you all there.