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Strike 15 trimaran at speed
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10ft 2 sheet ply Duo dinghy
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Spring Sailing 23rd April 2023
Thanks to the wettest March on record, and a few major gales, our sailing season was off to a slow start. But now it's in full swing. We relaunched our Sagitta catamaran last week after a 400+hour refit - more on that later. Sadly bad weather meant we missed the only possible launch date for our Chat 18 catamaran. So that will be staying ashore this year.
Of course it's not just catamarans that I sail! I am still racing my Kiwi 12 dinghy, and slowly learning how to sail it faster. And I am now helping teach adults to sail at my local club - that's me smiling at the camera on a very cold evening last week.
And then I recently raced on a Diam 24 trimaran (I'm in yellow). It's first sail for 6 months or so. Some years ago I sailed a Multi 23 trimaran, similar in concept but not a good design. Having said that the Diam really needs wind over 10 knots before it comes alive, and it bounces around in a sloppy sea. Great fun and very fast in the occasional 12-15 knot gusts that we had. Easy to sail with 3 crew and only a screecher offwind. But, as always, the self tacking jib meant it was easy to get in irons when tacking.
Roll on summer - I'll be dinghy racing Mondays and Thursdays, racing my Sagitta Tuesdays, teaching sailing Fridays - which leaves the weekends for some cruising!
