Busy On Oulton

[Hylander]

Someone picked the wrong time to leave Oulton.   Seen on the camera.

 

 

[Vaughan]

They must be bats! I wouldn't go out under full sail in that weather.

You would find me on the bar deck of the WOBYC clubhouse, with a pint in my hand!

[TheQ]

It cant be that strong most of them have their topsails up.

Hmm now why do I advise when people who go into the Broad while we are racing to keep to the bank....

[JennyMorgan]

I see one bermudan rigged boat has a few tucks in her main. Some of the gaffers have integral topsails so the main is reefed along the foot thus the 'topsail' is just lower than it normally is. Provided the hire boat held its course & didn't panic then I don't think that there was a problem.

[TheQ]

Looking a the picture I suspect they are rounding the buoy  in front of the red sailed boat, then bearing away to the right of the picture. This will leave the hire boat no where to go unless he stops but that will mean the sailing boat behind him will have to go round the hire boat.

Meanwhile you have other sailing boats coming back the other way on starboard tack,  likely to cross to windward also blocking the hire boats forward progress.

[JennyMorgan]

The course was pass that buoy to starboard, bare away and head off for the top end of the Broad, round the buoy up there and then beat back down the Broad. Not like racing at Horning, plenty of room. Other than the start line there were no buoys in the North Bay, just before the exit to the Broad, hopefully the hire boat worked his/her way over to the right and via that bay. There was a rescue boat just round the corner, just in case !

[marshman]

I see PW is trying to compete with the stag parties and such ilk as he quotes "..bare away.." !! A sight not to be forgotten easily methinks!!

[MauriceMynah]

Not a mental image on which I wish to dwell MM... Thank you so much for putting it in my mind to start with. :)