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Well the boat is now out of the water, and inside the shed and ready to go to Demon Yachts and let Euan Seel sort out the keel and rudder. They can be contacted through the contacts page.
The boat will then be out in the first week of March and the guys will be getting ready for their first competition at Rutland for the Inland championships,
The most exciting news is the 49er Campaign.....No the guys are way too old for one of those...However there are a couple of future sailing rock stars at the club in the guise of Chris Matthews and Ed Gibbons. We have decided to try and assist in any way we can and we are proud to announce that isyte.com have weighed in with some much needed sponsorship. Please visit their site as they are REALLY good at what they do.
With no racing last weekend, Geoff volunteered to do rescue boat and try out his new toy the X170 video camera from Action Cameras. Well, you can se the results for yourselves on the video page. It will be on the SB3 on this coming Sunday, The remote will be handled by Russell. Go to the stuff we use page to get more information about the camera.
The guys will be going top the Eurocup event next May in Morgat France and we have just learnt that Geoff has already booked the accommodation...Now, that's what we call planning.
The race last weekend is one the guys are really going to want to forget...from the camera that only recorded getting the sails up!! to going aground in front of the Sailing Club, to getting the kite twisted, to NOT having a beat, they could not have beaten a match box in a drifting race.
The main thing is they kept smiling and Geoff has organised a NEW camera...this time with a remote control..Russell has been given that job. So their next race is the 15th November when hopefully they will have video.
Geoff will be doing rescue boat duty this Sunday so check back on Monday for the video footage from that!!.
All the sailing that they do in Brightlingsea is as far as they are concerned "training" for their next big event that will be the Inland Championships at Easter in Rutland.
Well with Russell (the bronzed God) returning from holidays and Kevin with his new Harken gloves the guys are ready to fininsh the year with some good competition. The guys will be sailing from this weekend and then every other weekend until the 20th December in the Brightlingsea Sailing Club winter series. The results will be posted here every Monday...good or bad!!.
The "Battle Bus" has been purchased in the shape of a silver 2006 L200 Mitsubishi Warrior, Geoff has even managed to get the number plate TB04 EGO for it. The main reason for buying it was the 22" wheels which Geoff loves...although we wait to see how they will handle towing!!
Make sure you check out the new hat, Geoff made the mistake of NOT wearing his last weekend and he got wet and cold in the rain, whilst Russell and Kevin were in their words "toasty"
Geoff has returned from a very successful weekend in Ostend at the Tri Nations SB3 Cup event. Geoff was given the opportunity to steer John Outhwaite's SB3 with his son Carl for this event. The team managed to finish in the top ten in ALL the races, that they did and they won the last race on the Friday afternoon, despite Geoff losing his glasses, for the last two races. The tactical awareness of John and his ability to read ANY situation and get the boat to where it had to be was in Geoff's words "outstanding". As for Carl, his handling of the main and the kite was the best Geoff has seen in a long time in what can only be described as "trying conditions"
Geoff commented that it was really great to get on a boat and have the TeamB4Ego attitude straight away. Both John and Carl understood what it was all about and the whole event went very smoothly.
Well, the arrival of Kevin has been greeted by both Russell and Geoff. He has sailed with Geoff before and the know each other well. Both he and Russell also got on very well from the first race.
