Sailing on Cheddar Reservoir 28th January 2012

Well, I watched a High Pressure system meander across the Atlantic and true to form, the weather was good for sailing. Maybe a bit on the light side, wind-wise, but mainly sunny - what's not to like.

So, after faffing to olympic standard getting the Gull into the water, around 11am. Back and forward, around the buoys - clockwise and anti-clockwise; until around 3:45 pm. Lunch afloat during a lull.
For some reason, the fact that I stayed out, basically all day, drew some comments in the boat park.
To my mind, even just bobbing about on the water is better than not; and go easy on the liquids.

I'm almost reluctant to mention the fact that I virtually had the entire reservoir to myself all day. There was a Laser 2000 sailor who joined me around 1pm for an hour and a half. Also, there was about half a dozen windsurfers - apparently doing some sort of course, but they didn't venture more than 30 metres or so from the clubhouse. So, yet again, I was free to bimble about without too much in the way of having to avoid anyone else. Having said that, the Laser and myself met up a couple of times and passed fairly close. Same tack, upwind gives way, port tack gives way, etc.

And the sunset wasn't bad either.