The Dovey Chart

Today I sailed in the Dovey Chart, a special ‘fun race’ held once a year where I sail. Unfortunately, I don’t have any photos (I’m hoping to get some from the safety boat guy), but it was really good fun.

Basically, the race deviates from pretty much every sailing rule there is, the objective is to get around a mark (buoy) and come back as fast as possible, via any method, provided you don’t use an engine or wheels. We ended up running along the shore with the boat alongside a lot, because it was faster than trying to sail in the conditions.

In the end, we (myself and the person I sailed with, Tom) won by quite a convincing margin, after battling more or less every other boat (team?) that entered. It was amazing fun.

Hopefully, when I get hold of Des, I’ll be able to post some photos either in this post or seperately, and then you’ll get a bit of an idea of how it all worked. It was a lot more fun than it sounds, honest ;)