MOCRA sailing

Went sailing yesterday. What a great day for it. Sunny and wind without being damp or freezing.

I sailed with a friend on his Dragonfly - a trimaran that has fold-in in the outriggers for docking/storage. We were racing in a Royal Southampton Sailing Club (RSYC) club race and had loads of fun. Beer, food and good company in the bar afterwards rounded off a good day. Well worth getting out of bed for.

Multihull sailing (racing and cruising) is run by MOCRA http://mocra-cruising.org.uk . While there are all sorts of events through the year, all the south coast multihulls come together for the winter to race together in the RSYC winter series http://www.rsyc.org.uk.

What’s so fun is that you can sail with many fewer crew than most monohulls, are more involved by being shorter-handed and you go faster!

ISAF Conference

I’ve just come back from the International Sailing Federation Conference (ISAF) in Lisbon. Tough year – we had to vote to drop an event at the Olympics. Its never fun being part of the decision–making process, but one thing is for sure. We do our best to represent sailors’ interests both those competing now and those who will compete in the future, and none of us take this responsibility lightly - whatever commentators in the press say.