Round the Island Race

On Saturday Paul and I sailed in the annual race around the Isle of Wight in our boat, together with three old friends from university who sailed with us in the sailing club there. We didn't do quite as well as last year but it's such an amazing race - over 1,700 boats take part and it's fantastic to see so many yachts on the water. The weather wasn't as windy as last year but we saw one boat dismasted and some other yachts and a high speed ferry (!) aground! Apparently it took two hours to get the ferry off the sand! Our start was at 08.50 and we crossed the finish line at about 21.10 so it was a very long day but well worth it and we had lots to eat to keep us going on the way round. We had to have a bit of champagne to celebrate at the end!