What a simply stunning day at Datchet today. The Club was having an open weekend. It looked jolly successful and was also doing a fund raiser for the local hospice. I noted one of the activities was a guided walk around the perimeter of the lake (3miles/5km) for a £10 fee. I was amazed at the number of people who entered … 120 !!

Unusually dead flat waters, but a nice medium B Rig Breeze. We had four boats racing (three F6’s and a Grunge ), plus in a non-racing capacity we had Phil, Craig, David Thomas from Australia (with boat!) and Richard.

I paused with the chatter for a couple of races where Phil had borrowed Graham’s F6. I must say, it absolutely flew in both races and won by really handsome margins. Screaming along. Very impressive on all fronts.

Race report and scores from the Sailing Secretary in due course.