An afternoon Taster Sail with Hunts, Cambs and Beds Area Association : Gav, Peta and Wendy.
RCSSC had launched in the morning and went out for a sail on the Soling: Time Flies and Squib:Satyr. It was a moderate breeze plus a bit more every now and then, that made it 'interesting' for Mike T and Dave on the Soling and Eric and Mike S on the Squib. We were zipping along and there was plenty of water coming over the bow into the boats. Great sail.
Time for an early lunch, get ready for our guests and keeping an eye on the wind levels. For once, it did exactly as forecast and dropped to a steady F4 with a few more white horse every now and then.
Wendy went with Mike S and Eric in the Squib and Gav and Peta with Mike T and Dave G. Even on reduced sail, Soling Time Flies was moving well, as evidenced by the grins from Gav and Peta , and Mike and I - great fun to sail with and definitely having a great time on their first ever sail. Whoop! Whoop!
We covered a lot of Rutland Water over to Whitwell Creek, passing the end of the peninsula and Normanton Church to our right, and back to the basin area near the dam, before heading back to the South leg of RW. The foiling wind surfers were having a ball and whipped by with a passing wave. Gav and Peta's first time seeing them and up close to. We headed towards the nature reserve, up to the limit of sailing boundary and then broad reach back towards Rutland Sailing Club. Dave had a go on the helm and showed our guests what Time Flies can do - whipping along with a good lean on.
At this point we saw Squib Satyr being towed by RSC rescue rib - we later learned there the helm had come away from the rudder. RSC were soon out.
We followed them in and Gav & Peta kindly agreed to Wendy finishing off her sail on Time Flies, We bid our farewells and sailed out with Wendy on board.
Turns out Wendy had previous sailing experience and she was soon very much 'at home' on the helm "Ready About!" lee ho. We enjoyed a sail in the area in front of RSC and up to the peninsula.
The pictures tell the story for all of us. Our guests had a great sail in exciting conditions, under the watchful and friendly eyes of Mike T and Dave. Smiles all round.
All too soon time to return to the pontoon - Mike took us in and Dave was able to go forward and just step off and walk Time Flies down the pontoon - ready for recovery and putting away ready for the next sail.
All in all, just what we all needed - a day sailing in good company.
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