Monday, November 26, 2007

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!

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