Finally the weather came right for last Saturday’s veterans race.
Author: Mark Gordon
As has happened for the last 25 years, keel boats and launches from RPNYC assembled at Worser Bay last Sunday morning ready to take groups of enthusiastic kids and slightly nervous adults for a race around the bay. This time it was slightly different as for the first time in 25 years there was absolutely no breeze to speak of, just sunshine and a pod of dolphins. Race Officer Brett Linton admitted he was slightly flummoxed by the conditions and ceremoniously tore up the Sailing Instructions suggesting that skippers should listen out on Ch77 of details of what might happen…