The President's Race

We left Suffolk Yacht Haven at 0930 for a 1000 race start just by the entrance. It was quite windy so we planned to have a reefed main, but unfortunately we ran aground in Levington Creek while sorting it out five minutes before the race was due to start. It was still an hour until low water, so we weren’t going to float off in a few minutes this time.

We got the sails down, then Julian pumped up the dingy and I rowed the kedge anchor out and set it. After that it was a case of sitting still, one either side of the cabin so Robinetta did not tip over as she settled into the mud.

We were in a great place to see the racing boats charging back in from the harbour to cross the finish line, and we floated off at 1240, before the tail end boats finished, but it was our worse performance to date.

We headed back into the Suffolk Yacht Haven for the last gaffers event of the week, the dinner and Prize giving in the Lightship. We did not expect to win anything, but ended up with the Bowlocks Maximus prize for going aground on every race. There were some well known names on it....


After the prize giving we went back to Robinetta, who was docked next to Reverie. Pete the knife and Sarah her owners invited us, and several others, on board for a glass of port and we had a very pleasant after party party....