Early 4 am start on trip down to Burnham on sea Regatta. Met Steve and Jemima in Tesco car park for drive down to Burnham in Steve’s camper van 🚐. Took just under 4 hours and we met the rest of the pirate crew at Burnham on sea sailing club. Afterwards went to the local Witherspoons for a refueling breakfast 🍳 before checking into the Royal Clarence Hotel on the sea front to change for the days event. We met the rest of the crew which consisted of PNPGC supplemented by our friends from Brightlingsea and Rowhedge gig clubs who also dressed up in our kit with a few pirate 🏴☠️ additions. See the motley crew below 👇
There were 6 races where we competed. Steve and I competed in the men’s A and mixed Masters and Jemima was in the Ladies A and mixed supervets. The rest of the crew was mixed to be in the ladies & men’s B team and the mixed supervets. The course was as follows;
The mixed vets were first up and came 4th out of 6. The men’s B were up next and came 2nd out of 6. The women’s followed and one this one. the 4th race which was the men’s A that Steve Jonny and I competed in is summarised below and was meant to be approximately 1.6 km! We came 4th out of 6.
Good race where Clevedon a local team from Bristol won 🏆
In the next race, the women’s A we came 3. This was followed by the mixed supervets where we came 5. We did not have a team for the novices or juniors. In the last race Steve, Tina and myself competed and we won this one and is summarised below and was shortened as the tide was coming in fast.
There are a few other photos of the racing below:
This was followed by the results and prize giving at the sailing club where we picked up two trophies 🏆
The two winning teams are shown below ⬇️ first the ladies B with Julie and Claire.
Followed by mixed Masters with Steve, Tina and me
This was followed by a bit of socialising at the sailing club and the in the local pub and Indian restaurant.
Very successful day outing for our first full regatta and Julie our Captain put something together along the lines of football teams that win something which is shown below🤩. Goes to show that a club that can be competitive with lots of fun as well. With a motto ‘ Be Kind to your crew mates or work the plank’ 🏴☠️. Looking forward to the next regatta with PNPGC – aaaargh
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