Two Rivers race

It was raining when we sailed off our mooring at Wrabness, and there was not a lot of wind, but we made it to the start. Julian was skipper, and I promised to try to be good crew (not wonder aloud what he was doing, forgetting what he wanted me to do in the process....) while Ben was good anyway!

Julian took us right in close to Avola the start boat, and we crossed the line just as the "gun" went to be first over the line. We were soon overtaken, but we put up all the canvas we had, including improvising a water sail out of our old stay sail. It was the first time we used it, although we'd tried rigging it before for the East Coast Race, and it worked surprisingly well, letting us keep up with the middle of the fleet for longer than normal.

The rain stopped as we passed Parkeston Quay, but so did the wind, and we were practically becalmed by the time we got to College Buoy. Luckily the wind came back (unfortunately so did the rain) and we got to the finish, last as usual.

It took us nearly six hours to do 11 nm, which is ridiculously slow.