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I don’t think I have been sailing in Weymouth since the beginning of November, so it was nice to be back out on the waters of Portland harbour.  It certainly felt like spring was in the air which definitely helped! Matt Grier ran a day of training races on the Friday, which was just what I needed as I had not raced since January in Miami regatta. However I was not a rusty as I thought I was going to be and had a good day winning all the races, which helped build my confidence going in to the weekend and the regatta.

 We had a good turn out in the 2.4mR’s with around 15 boats.  There was some good close racing at the front of the fleet and I won the first two races and was 2^ndin the third race of the day.Sunday I won the first two races, so won the regatta with a race to spare, but decided to stay out for the third race and take the opportunity to learn a little more about Portland harbour in the northerly wind direction. 

All in all an enjoyable weekend.  I’m now in Palma for some more training.  However it’s blowing 25 knots gusting 30. With boats getting trashed left right and centre, including RIB’s getting flipped, we decided it was not 2.4mR weather and opted for the safety of the sailing club and a nice cup of tea instead!  The weather for the rest of the week looks better so hopefully we should get some good training in.

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