2.4mR National and Inland Champion
Written by Helena Lucas | 13 September 2011
It’s been a while since I was at Rutland sailing club, probably 2004, which was the last time I did the 2.4mR Nationals.
However once again Rutland sailing club had kindly offered to host the Nationals and I found my self doing the familiar drive up, with a little assistance from the GPS when my memory failed me.
I have a lot of fond memories from my Youth Squad days sailing and training on Rutland water, so it did feel strangely familiar driving in to the dinghy park even though it had been a while.
We had 2 races scheduled for the first day, luckily it was a late 2:30 start as there was no wind in the morning. I won the first race and was 2nd in the other one, after going back at the start and playing catch up. Day two and four races were scheduled. I won the first two and was second in the afternoon races.
With only two races on the last day, I kind of had the regatta sewn up and with a race win in the first one, had won with a race to spare. Meg was a comfortable second, so we decided not to do the last race and head in and start packing up.
I was keen to get on the road as I had a busy day on Sunday moving in to our house on Portland. It was a great few days with some fun racing and I certainly collected a few trophies!
Helena