Fastnet stuff

[azziria]

So I've just filled in a series of questions asked by the Press Officer for our Fastnet campaign and, following another crew member's example, circulated them to the whole crew (I'm dying to know more about who I'm going to be sailing with, and I can't be the only one). So I've owned up to the fannish origin of my sailing passion (Master and Commander and Pirates of the Caribbean) to a whole crew of people I haven't even met yet.

All part of my new resolution to be more open about who I really am, and s*d the consequences.

We all meet up next weekend for our first training session - the shore based one, Sea Survival (including playing with a liferaft in a swimming pool, which should be a laugh) and Heavy Weather Sailing (since the large loss of life during the 1979 Fastnet - 15 fatalities, 25 yachts sunk - the Royal Ocean Racing Club have tightened up their entry requirements, which now include a requirement for a certain percentage of the crew to have done these courses, plus the requirement for each crew to have sailed 300 NM together in qualifying races in the 12 months before the Fastnet race itself). We're all going out for a crew meal together on the Saturday night - should be good :)

What I'm really looking forward to, though, is the weekend afterwards, when we have our first training weekend actually sailing. It's too long since I was at sea - I can't wait!

Comments

[kare.livejournal.com]

I've never been sailing! Can't wait to hear all about it.

[jendeana.livejournal.com]

Yay for you on being more open!

Have a blast hun.

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

They learned so much from the 79 Fastnet, it made sailing safer all over, not just the Fastnet race. Totally riveted by reading through your sailing tagged entries.