I posted this on a different forum to give people from the US an idea of what dinghy racing is like in the UK Surprisingly, dinghy sailing is a year round sport in the UK. The winter frostbiting races are very popular One of the biggest races is the Bloody Mary, sailed at my brothers sailing club, at Queen Mary reservoir in SW London. I have done the race a few times. It is held the second Saturday in January, so in mid winter. It is a pursuit race so slow boats (usually childrens classes) start first, then progressively faster boats, with the idea that everyone finishes together. Its open to pretty much any dinghy so youll see a big selection of classes So here are four videos from four different years The first might put you off sailing for life, so only watch the first 30 seconds unless you are brave https://youtube/watch?v=DcCfE9T_QQM The second only has 3 minutes of actual sailing but this time it was nice weather so lots of boats were out enjoying themselves https://youtube/watch?v=K6K0i5ungWU The third was this years event, a bit breezy as you can see. 230 entries, only 70 finishers (the stills stop at about 2 mins in, then it is all video) https://youtube/watch?v=X4i8r4hE5kU And the last is a time lapse, quite fun and shows what happens when everyone finishes together - the launching ramp gets crowded! https://youtube/watch?v=HBjGns2X34A
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:52:21 +0000
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