Many years ago (the Gareloch Class goes back a long way) there used to be adventurous races down the river.  There are tales of emergency caulking with chewing gum at Hunters Quay.  As the ladies got older, racing became confined to home waters.  Maintenance has improv...

This was the first race of a new series.  People were naturally keen.  On the water Race Officer Peter Proctor wanted to send us on a course beginning with a windward leg to B, off Silvers.  He was perturbed to find that storm Hector had brought the B mark across the l...