The Clubhouse was very busy owing to a large number of eager Optimist Sailors being held ashore on their training event!! Galley revenues were up!!

It was a misty 1 gusting 2mph kind of day… cold too.

Five of us at the club today. Buddies are forgiven for staying under the duvet – it was minus one…. We’re having a bit of a run with adverse weather, but unexpectedly it turned into an extremely interesting day.

You may have read a week or so ago about Craig’s new IOM designs named Proteus and Nimbus sweeping the podium at the Hampton Court on January 5th. (Nigel won it). They brought two of the design iterations of Proteus for us to see – both Proteus, but several slight differences between the two. They are 3D printed in four sections and immensely strong. I won’t put up all the photos here for the sake of Craig’s confidentiality, but you’ll be interested to see the long distance shots.

The blue boat (54) is Nigel, currently out of camera shot.

Note that as is the 2024/2025 trend, the booms positively hug the deck for improved aero-dynamics. You won’t be able to see it, but they are actually each printed using different material…. part of the experiments. There are also some tests on these of different thickness to establish whether thicker means stiffer, faster etc.

Spot the difference!! There are some 🙂

An unexpectedly captivating day!!