Anonymous Cup 2008 blog

Race 1 - Not sailed

Race 2 -  The Anonymous Cup, the cup that dare not say it's name or anonymous
because there was hardly anyone who wanted to compete for it. Whoever
donated this trophy probably would not want to have been associated with
today’s racing, indeed it was a minor miracle there was any sailing at
all. With strong prolonged showers and light, fickle Southerly winds,
competitors took to the water three times, but conditions were good to
race just once,  when it did it was something out of Wacky Races, with the
Dastardly crew of Phil and Sarah in the Enterprise Mean Machine and Jason
in the Arkansas Chuggabug Laser. With Jason’s handicap start forgone, the
competition was reduced to seeing who could catch and keep what breeze
there was. As a very full club house entertained themselves by feeding the
ducks, the two boats bobbed, joshed and joked their way round the short
course, sometimes catching a bit of shut-eye along the way, or sometimes
not realizing they had passed the mark, indeed the most challenging thing
of the race was to avoid inadvertently drifting into the mark. Despite the
gamesmanship, Phil, at the Helm of Trevor’s Enterprise, found the best of
the wind and took the race over Jason, who seeing another heavy shower
approaching, allowed himself to be lapped so as not to suffer another lap.
Thus Phil in Trevor’s Enterprise, has the dubious honour of winning the
Anonymous Cup for 2008.

Race 3 - Not sailed