FoilTown

Just over a week after relaunching Goose and I’ve sailed almost ninety miles in her. Fifty of which was at Hayling Island over the weekend. It was great to sail against such a group of moths again. Having spent a lot of time on the water sailing on my own I found it very useful to practice sailing against other boats as well as test my pace against others. Despite sailing a four year old boat it was good to see that I could mix with a group of mach2’s even if it was in light winds.

I went for sail again on Tuesday but it was unbelievably cold. I was probably colder out on the water then I was during the Bloody Mary. After less then an hour I came in as it was just too cold. However that was long enough to confirm that the wand has geared to highly causing the boat to rise up and down over chop very aggressively. The wind was blowing about 15 knots so it was good to give the boat a test in a bit more breeze after a very light weekend.

Thursday was a bit warmer allowing me to get a good couple of hours on the water and further gain some confidence in the boat. Especially when the wind started gusting just over twenty knots. I had been worried that I hadn’t been able to foiling tack in Goose while I had been able to in Road Runner. After a bit of practice however I started to get the hang of it and managed a few good tacks.

Next up, Northampton for the weekend followed by Rutland for the Tiger Trophy the following weekend.