The rain held off and the tide was favourable and we even had some nice wind
as well , Four competitors two returning Swallows after many weeks Peter
Wyss crewed by his daughter in Quicksilver , Yasid with his friend with
boyfriend from Wisconsin as crew , new member Wolfram with partner as
crew in their newly acquired Jerry and Jeremy with Eppi as crew in Cabaret 7
Cab 7 possibly aided as race officer Jeremy counts the time got the best start
but the pack was not far behind ,On a turning tide the fleet had a beat down
the river , no clear better side , Cab 7 went far out on port tack and eventually
made Selat on one tack Jerry took a more moderate tacking course and at the
mark was not far behind , Jerry is newly anti fouled and Cab 7 was cleaned
some weeks ago, the second division have not been sailed for weeks and were
visibly slower . A spinnaker run back and into the river against the tide saw
Cab 6 inshore ( north shore ) in amongst the dredgers whilst Jerry worked the
south shore finishing several minutes back, Quicksilver was third and Ratosch
AKA the Squirrel finished fourth
Back in the Gym the Commodore produced a bottle of Prosecco and Rose
hunks of delicious Mark and Spencers Christmas fruit cake to celebrate the
Sunday before Christmas
Next Sunday is Christmas Day and even the Commodore is not that keen !
Will we sail on New Years Day ?? who knows but for certain there wont be any
Icicles
The first three Sundays of January 5 th 12 th and 18 th a number of members
will be in Langkawi for the Royal Langkawi International Regatta starting on
January 9 th Commodores Jeremy s BLUE ANGEL with Martin and Wolfram
amongst the crew Vice Commodore Rama Menons VG OFFSHORE , Sophie /
Jacobs DASH and slightly to our surprise lapsed member Stuart Williamson
Beneteau 34.7 now named APW Endeavour are all entered , we had hoped
MJ Loga s RECAA would participate but it seems she is unlikely to be ready
With the Clubs TIGER Macgregor 25 and Jega s LEOPAD DREAM X34 which he
has kindly allowed PSC the use of for 2023 we have a great cruiser racer fleet
Jcc 20/12/22