I've been a small boat sailor for most of my life. When you get as heavily into racing small sailboats as I had in the past, you get somewhat jaded, you forget that thrill of just scooting along in a small boat. This video of an Englishman whooping it up in a Topper scow brings back the joy I felt as an eleven year old sailing the family's El Toro.
(Plus the chap keeps yelling the name of my blog over and over again.........)
Kudos to this Bookseller
3 days ago
2 comments:
Oh those English chaps....! That reminds me of a blistering sail I had on a Topper some 8yrs ago. It was surfing conditions in an enclosed harbour (Rhoscolyn) on Anglesey in the UK, where I sailed my Merlin. So I took out my son's Topper and had the most fun EVER, just beating upwind sufficiently to be able to surf back to the beach and then do it all again. I was in a fit of hysterical laughter and kept going for as long as I could still hike out.....Thanks for sharing the video!
Mike
Mike,
Thanks for the story. I have a picture of me in my old Laser just having fun blasting on a reach. One of these days I'll post it.
Are these chaps from Yorkshire. Don't have an ear for the various English accents.
RLM
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