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@Sam_Doman
I have sailed all my life. Done a fair bit of crewing on racing yachts (Sigma 38s etc), but my main ting is dinghy sailing. Started racing Mirrors when I was 8. Did all the national circuit stuff, and sailed on the zone squads. Did my time in lasers and radials on the zone circuits too. Sailed Fireballs, amongst other things, after that, and now I'm racing in National 12s.
My current race boat is a Bob Hoare Tigress, which was an absolute state until recently (just finished repainting the hull white), but still pretty rapid. (pics attached, the only sailing ones I can find on my laptop are of it the wrong way up, or sumberged!)
This was an unbelievably windy day (you cant tell from the photo!). Racing was cancelled because it was gusting upto force 9. Managed to dig the bow in going downwind:
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I'm an apprentice boatbuilder now, and I love anything wooden that floats. As soon as I'm fully qualified, I'll be living on a boat.
I also surf, and canoe/kayak a fair bit. Basically, I live on/in the water!
I'll dig out some proper photos osf saoiling and surfing later...