Paignton Sailing Club is the closest sailing club in the national series to us so there was no leaving school early for me this time.
It has been a long time since there was a national series at Paignton sailing club, so everyone had a warm welcome as we arrived at the Promenade in our camper and put my boat into its berth in the dinghy park.
Early on Saturday there was no wind and after the sailors briefing there was a 2 hour postponement. After helping Simon set up at the VR van parked at the harbour, I made the most of the morning with my squad and we went to play mini-golf
Launching on the Saturday was easy, as the tide was out and there was lots of space on the beach. In the 4.2 fleet we did three races in light winds, I came 6th, 1st and 4th, this meant I was 3rd overnight and happy with the day.
On Sunday there was no postponement, so we launched as planned. It was fun when we launched - the tide was in and a group of volunteers were in the water helping us get off the slipway. Unfortunately by the time we reached the race course all the wind had gone. We hung around the line messing about waiting for the wind to reappear. Happily we got three races in, I came 7th, OCS and a 9th meaning overall I finished 6th, and was happy with the weekend.
Thank you to everyone at Paignton Sailing Club, all the volunteers for helping and a personal thank you to my sponsor Virtual Rigger for my great Gul kit and all the great prizes for the 4.2 fleet.
See everyone at Northampton for the 4.2 National Championships or at Derwent for NS5.
