Grafham Water Grand Prix,
The morning of the 20th April Smoky and the team made our way up to Grafham Water where Killer Shrimp Control awaited us. I had decided to sail with a friend I had made in the Tera, Jack Lewis has crewed before but not for me and so with no practice at all and cutting it fine to get to the start. We started with high hopes and made it to the top mark within the top 4 boats. With decreasing wind the race committee decided to call it a day with only one race slotted in. The second day dawned with promising winds of up to 15 knots later in the day. Jack and myself went out for light wind conditions as we had planned for and got a black flag in the first race but were still allowed to carry on finishing 7th (although no result) but reaching the top mark in 5th position. Still with a good idea of what we could achieve we then headed to the front again and entered another top ten result into the results as the wind picked up to about 15knots we started to slow down as we weren't set up for those wind conditions. The whole event shows that from sailing Teras you can hop into a Feva and be sure to be near the top 20 or even higher. Jack my crew is ten and is the Tera Inland Champion and Open Season Champion, we are planning to do some more events in the future.
The morning of the 20th April Smoky and the team made our way up to Grafham Water where Killer Shrimp Control awaited us. I had decided to sail with a friend I had made in the Tera, Jack Lewis has crewed before but not for me and so with no practice at all and cutting it fine to get to the start. We started with high hopes and made it to the top mark within the top 4 boats. With decreasing wind the race committee decided to call it a day with only one race slotted in. The second day dawned with promising winds of up to 15 knots later in the day. Jack and myself went out for light wind conditions as we had planned for and got a black flag in the first race but were still allowed to carry on finishing 7th (although no result) but reaching the top mark in 5th position. Still with a good idea of what we could achieve we then headed to the front again and entered another top ten result into the results as the wind picked up to about 15knots we started to slow down as we weren't set up for those wind conditions. The whole event shows that from sailing Teras you can hop into a Feva and be sure to be near the top 20 or even higher. Jack my crew is ten and is the Tera Inland Champion and Open Season Champion, we are planning to do some more events in the future.
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