Every thing comes to change

It is within a state of disappointment that I scribble the following.
Race team Jacko-Lorna are no more. The blond by nature Essex girl has closeted her rubber suit, hung up the sailing boots and kissed goodbye to the circus.
This followed a poor set of results and a miserable performance at the nationals. The pairing had not sailed enough races this summer to stay race sharp and on the pace. Lorna has mooted that come May 2011 having completed teacher training (a shed load of written work) that she may well look to return to sailing. For Jacko this was serious bad news and opened the door to spending more time in the Slice of Bread, or the Dog and Duck. It had been the plan to move to the Blackwater S.C. for the winter sailing series. This is a tough decision as the sounds of the flocks of wading birds and sight of basking seals add to the mystique of sailing in Lawling Creek and Maylandsea Bay.

Simon the new beef cake crew

With the need for a new crew Jacko placed an advertisement at BSC and has taken up the challenge of a newbie crew, one Mr. Simon Foote. Simon is new to sailing having completed three days as a guinea pig for the chaps doing a sailing instructors course at BSC, seems to have caught the sailing bug and shows great keenness.
Jacko and Simon having now sailed on three occasions and completed four races without any real trauma in some demanding conditions are looking fairly relaxed!
This Sunday gone saw the first day of winter racing at BSC; it was supported by a small but reasonable fleet of mixed boats sailing in a handicap fleet. There were two Fireballs but as for the rest it was one offs mostly of the flying bedsteads variety. The first leg was short and to windward followed by a long reach out into the open river to round south doubles. There was quite a high dropout rate as the squalls picked off the unprepared. The course was 6.5 miles and spread over a large area making it hard to relay what happed to whom, but it was a full on race day in a shifting wind. No results have been posted at this time of writing.



Lorna  & Laura

A large dark cloud passed to the north delivering cubic whammies down the course and stretching the sail trimming to the max as an unscheduled second race following the advertised race and it is not clear how that works in the recorded results at this time.

Jacko was heard to say that he had had some exiting moments, a little to exiting at times. Maybe this is on account that Jacko has reached his 46th year again and finding him self with a young male beef cake crew may regenerate and reopen the ‘Jacko Jam Pot’ or will Simon work out that sailing with Jacko is just to dangerous to do as a six a side football team player.



Al Wigg & Jacko

Jacko has been well looked after by Lorna who showed great patience as Jacko weighed up the options of Little Beers or Wet suited sailing and is sadly missed, as she appeared to brighten up the day for more than just Jacko. As did Al Wiggy, who is not obtainable for comment at this time, and we should not forget Laura another brill front end winning crew.

The Maylandsea Bay winter series is still alive and well with 18 boats sailing on day one, again no results posted at this time but I wish them well.
Mayland Bay winter series results

Next Race Day 21st November