round seven wee nip challenge hollowell sc

We assembled at Hollowell Sailing Club this Saturday 16th July, and we were met with a rather fickle wind direction which came from the rear of the clubhouse. So after a little time we embarked on the rowing boat to set a course, which consisted of a reaching start close to the pontoon going towards the dam and then to a gate set out roughly in the middle of the start and first buoy but towards the open water, so we had a triangle then sausage towards the gate and the finish with another buoy set parallel to the finish for final rounding. Some of the buoys decided they were going to move on their own so we had to do a bit of retrieving and repositioning. There was also a bit of boat retrieval with some skippers running out of range, but we did that with the aid of the inflatable Honwave.  The weather did start to improve during racing and we eventually
reduced our clothing as things started to warm up at last? The eventual winner was John Simmons and Peter Shepherd presented him with a small prize.