Kerkira Racing: R7: Did not finish, but very close...

Thursday, February 2, 2017

R7: Did not finish, but very close...

Sailing was the winner on the night, with a return to the finish line 1 minute after the race closed at 9:00PM. Bugger... but a lovely evening on the water nonetheless.

The Crew

John (Captain), Dave and Nick.

Course - I can't remember

Having not done the blog post straight away, and the results not saying... I can't remember the course... maybe ... a very long one...

The Start

A better start, but getting the pole up to goose-wing down the harbour was a bit problematic with our star fore-deck crew on leave.

Progress

Will we make it, will we make it... no.

Result

At least a DNF is not as bad on the results as a DNC. In the clubhouse however it was a different story, with Dave taking home a nice pair of sailing shorts from Line 7.

Beverage Report

We had a battle on the water, and another on the bottle... a superb IPA from Dave and a stout stout from Nick - both were excellent and went down very nicely, meaning that the arrival at 9:00 instead of 8:59 or less didn't seem so bad after all.

Cheers, johnhs

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Quotes of the Week

Ian:"The build is breezing"

Ian: Splashing sound "Its quite warm..."

Trimmer: "Please make your intentions clear".

Crew: Should we try and repair the sail? Capt: Is the beer cold?

On getting splashed on the rail: "That's why we love sailing!"

Another skipper: "Well I can't go and hit every boat in the fleet now can I..."

John: "That water looks almost liquid"

PeterB: "Every time a coconut"

Dave: "Burgers and beer? It would be rude not to..."

Ian: "I can see the buoy, it's in the water..."

Ian: "Well that was an adventure" after having gone over-board

Tim: (starting the season off well) "John would you like a beer. Oh I'm just doing some crackers and cheese... is that OK?"

Blair: "There's a cold beer here..." John: "glub hjd... ahhh"
John: "Time for the boys to harden up"
John: "There's nothing like a slippery bottom"
Paul: "grruubbl ahhh mmmm (love that Epic Pale Ale)
Michael Scott: "that's what she said"
Ian: "rave, rave, rave... mumble, bloody IT people.."
John: "Thanks, I'll have the Speights"
Ian: "I think we need the pole..."
Margaret: "There is a protest against you..."
Someone else: "That was your start!"
Someone else: "We are trying to start, you know..." and "Starboard!"
Ian: "Creamy Havarti or Gruyere?"
John: "Where's the pole?"
John: "Sometimes you just have to let it out"
John: "Steer away from the wild wayward woolies"
Dave: "We're all over them, like hair on soap"
Ian: "Its quiet at the club tonight - oh that's right :-) we're early"
Dave: "More, more, more... whoa!... easy, easy..."
Ian: "I bet you'd like a beer..."
John: "I'm sure that was the start. I wonder why the others are so far back?"