Sunday 11 to Friday 16 September 2011
Four days of yacht racing - the high point of our racing year, culminating in a big party with live music by Dave and the band in Sivota on Thursday night. Why is it that Dave's two apparently very diverse interests: rock music and yacht racing - both have their biggest event of the year at the same time?
Dave's brother Pete, and his wife Edna had come out to stay for a few weeks and join in the Regatta and Rally (the passage races for the three days before the Regatta on Thursday). Ed isn't very boaty, but Pete has spent most of his life on power and sail boats, as a commercial skipper, lifeboat helmsman and for a few years, owning Sail Ionian here in Vlicho. We also had Mike 1 from our winter race crew.
For the first time in the three years the Rally has taken place, we had decent winds for all four race days. Somewhere between 12 and 17 knots throughout. We even had to put a reef in during the Regatta as the wind got up to 22 knots. As a result, Tropi did brilliantly. As a crew we were less slick: lack of experience let us down now and then, but we achieved a respectable third place in the Rally, and second out of the Rally boats in our class in the Regatta - about 17th overall. And the party was good.
Pete and Ed were staying on the boat, and their daughter Rachel and her boyfriend Simon were coming out for a week to join them. Rachel and Simon aren't very boaty at all, but were apparently looking forward to a week of swimming and sunbathing. A pity the weather, which had remained hot and fine throughout the Regatta, was forecast to turn stormy that week.
Four days of yacht racing - the high point of our racing year, culminating in a big party with live music by Dave and the band in Sivota on Thursday night. Why is it that Dave's two apparently very diverse interests: rock music and yacht racing - both have their biggest event of the year at the same time?
Dave's brother Pete, and his wife Edna had come out to stay for a few weeks and join in the Regatta and Rally (the passage races for the three days before the Regatta on Thursday). Ed isn't very boaty, but Pete has spent most of his life on power and sail boats, as a commercial skipper, lifeboat helmsman and for a few years, owning Sail Ionian here in Vlicho. We also had Mike 1 from our winter race crew.
For the first time in the three years the Rally has taken place, we had decent winds for all four race days. Somewhere between 12 and 17 knots throughout. We even had to put a reef in during the Regatta as the wind got up to 22 knots. As a result, Tropi did brilliantly. As a crew we were less slick: lack of experience let us down now and then, but we achieved a respectable third place in the Rally, and second out of the Rally boats in our class in the Regatta - about 17th overall. And the party was good.
Pete and Ed were staying on the boat, and their daughter Rachel and her boyfriend Simon were coming out for a week to join them. Rachel and Simon aren't very boaty at all, but were apparently looking forward to a week of swimming and sunbathing. A pity the weather, which had remained hot and fine throughout the Regatta, was forecast to turn stormy that week.
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