Sonas - blog 21 to 23 Nov

Sunday 21st NovemberAfter a final tidy and a brief sailing practice Sonas, captained by Dave and crewed with George, Laurie, Carol and Ross split the starting line and shortly made it into 9th position in the cruising division. Amid a myriad of colourful spinnakers, boats of every shape and size, helicopters and fire boats, Sonas heroically struggled with the light tail winds, blue kite flying high. Although the lighter, sleeker boats took advantage of the conditions, we kept the spinnaker up throughout the night - winds picked up from around 1am and we found ourselves retaking the lost positions sailing as deep down wind as possible. As the night progressed so did Sonas, lit up by a startling full moon, the last slither of land fading away with the familiar orange glow of street. read more...