ADAM LEWIS
“Sailing in the UK can be just about as frustrating as it gets but just when you least expect it total gold can be waiting unexpectedly just around the corner. It was George Shillito’s birthday and he had a cottage booked for a long time in advance down in Daymer Bay. As the time drew nearer and nearer we all started to see this promising forecast. We finally made it to the cottage overlooking the infamous Doom Bar and it was the first time we’d all had a chance to catch up so quite a lot of beers were sank in the all the excitement.
When Wednesday morning dawned there were a few ripples breaking over the doom bar but it was nothing special, so we came up with the idea to go look at Haryln just around the corner. After hurrying everyone up and a quick bit of rally driving, we pulled up to the sight of wall to wall sunshine and it was pumping! There were head to logo sets peeling in and it was perfect cross off with beautiful blue water. It was going off! We rigged up as fast as possible and frantically let JC know that it was looking decent and we headed straight out there. I think Jamie Gibbs was in such a rush to rig he had the wrong mast in the sail and just tried to blag it; it looked terrible. The RNLI guys were really cool and wandered over to tell us we could use all the break we wanted and they would move the surf/swimming flags to where ever we weren’t going to sail; epic! It was just getting better and better! My first run and it was 4.5 perfection with a glassy bowl; just perfect for a good old smack!
