PULAU INDAH MARINE welcomed us back after 3 Sundays away in Langkawi,
with dark clouds and some initial wind
4 boats took part a ladies group comprising our Malaysian Navy Officer
member Nor Zuhaira and her friend Eddy and Nor also in the Navy sailing
jeremys Tom , Simon with a new sailor in Peach 2 , who took brothers David
and Alex Nair for their first sail in Jega s Alice with jeremy crewed as usual by
Eppy in Cabaret 7
Not long after the start with a reasonable breeze against the tide ( which had
not read the script and turned later than expected it started to rain and it
didn’t stop , best description is in sheets , at times it was impossible to see the
sides of the river, surpringly their was some real wind enough to force helms to
ease sheets in the gusts , Peach and Cab 6 had a a great battle out , each
having to give way once , and multiple place changes , Tom and Alice had
wisely retired and soaking wet returned to base
It did not seem sensible to go out to Selat buoy assuming we could find it and
the race officer noticed a large pole not far from the north shore which Cab 7
and Peach 2 rounded close together in that order
With less rain and wind Cab 6 hoisted her spinnaker and began to pull away
unti peach in turn hoisted hers and further out in the river with more current
and wind gradually caught up , at the first set of marina pillars Cab was still in
front but by the last Peach was well in front to score a great if wet victory
Another great experience to add to many at PSC
Not put off by their first sail David and Alex are joining the club
Before the rain we had a visit from Ain with her family who the Commodore
met on the MSA international measuring course , she is an unwillingly retired
Malaysian international sailor and has the ability and interest to become our
youth coach , there is a long way to go on this and we have had 2 false starts
but it does look promising , she met a number of our sailors as well as our staff
Patchik Eppy and Rahim
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