I left home with my mum and dad on the Friday after I finished school to get to our hotel. When we got there I rang my helm (Dan) to check everything was ok for Saturday, then I watched the silent briefing and went to bed ready for a long day ahead.
On Saturday morning we got to the club just before the big rush of cars and boats arrive.! Dan’s dad had booked a club Feva for us and after setting up the spinnaker, jib and had the mainsail ready to go we attached the boat to the pontoon ready to get to the start line.
We were one of the first Fevas released so we sailed the first bit of the course and tested our spinnaker. Half an hour later, the Toppers had launched and it was time for us to get ready for our start.
After the first mark the Fevas spread out among the fleet and we were racing the biggest pursuit race in the UK.
After 2 and a half hours of racing we came in 249th out of 320+ boats and Dan and I were very chuffed for finishing - and we came in ahead of the Moths.
It was great to see so many of our friends do well and we finished one place behind Mike (Coco’s dad) AND Coco had beaten him !!! After everyone had said their goodbyes and thankyou’s we went back to Coco’s house for a celebratory dinner.
On Sunday morning Rachel helped me with some extra kit before the long trip home and I was asleep in 5 minutes on the motorway.
