Perfect weather; beautiful location; a warm welcome and a great day’s racing. Our deepest thanks to the Eastney Cruising Association for making us really welcome to their event (we are deeply envious of your magnificent clubhouse and facilities!). The 3 races held on the Saturday left us quite exhausted but ready for the evening’s BBQ and excellent beer. (The chilli burgers made Julian gasp a bit but the huge sea bass caught 2 hours earlier was magnificent!) To cap it all; we came away with the ECA Commodore’s Challenge Trophy!
Julian, Nat, Jon and Del pulled like Trojans to take the last race (I’m not sure I added a lot, shouting from the Cox’s seat) and we all learnt a lot about competing against a variety of different boats.
We didn’t make the Sunday race as some wanted to see Portsmouth docks and I didn’t want to be dragging the boat around the M25 later in the day; If more people come next year (possibly both skiffs?) we may be able to do both days.
Given the opportunity, we will be back next year!
Fantastic x well done everyone
Thanks Bob, a great write up describing a great event and a very welcoming host club. I’m in for next year. Well done to all the team.
It was a wonderful weekend. Our team were by far the best!
Thanks to ECA for
their superior hospitality.
Hope to return soon
Really proud to have been a small part of this team competing so far away from home. Well done everyone and thank you Bob for starting this wonderful club.
Special thanks to http://www.eastneycruisingassociation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eca/157644700928138 for their wonderful hospitality, we will be back