Ladies That Launch in its second season, had many successful outings in all kinds of craft and has become a popular fixture in the calendar and saw at least one lady in her 9th decade, take to the water. Orford Day when AYC OOD takes over our Bridge to run their Regatta round-the-island races, was a splendid visual spectacle for those that watched the Aldeburgh fleet sail by, spinnakers aloft. We also managed to flog them some tea & sandwiches which were much appreciated by them and our club Treasurer - special thanks to Caroline Gill for organising that. Round The Island fun event and Dove Point Picnic were great fun and successful outings albeit rescheduled to days when we could dial-up some sunshine and fair winds. The Commodore and Mike & Judith Shallow wowed us with their lovely old matching speedboats. The Harry Edwards Series pushed us firmly into September and that saw some fierce competition with the Leader Board seemingly changing weekly. David Pegg decided to sail and use all his boats and rigs and lost on points to Mike & Judith Shallow who had to give way to Chris and Caroline Gill, once I had studied the small print on ‘discards’ in the club handbook. As I write, we will be running the 1st of the Frostbite series races this weekend in weather that is threatening temperatures of 23 degrees in October! A big thank you to all of you that volunteered to be OOD/AOD and run the safety boats as helm and crew. None of this happens without you!! Best wishes and see you all at Prize Giving and Laying-up Supper, when I can off-load this hoard of silver that is cluttering up my study. Troy Batley, Sailing Secretary
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