arrived

Everyone has arrived safely. Tim arrived us after when he was supposed to get there before us  . Max and Ross Banham have sorted and rigged Martin and Jamie's boats. Very hot over 30C and humid. Leonard Takaheshi Fry NZL is also here, Pim and his dutch team , CZE girl. Our hotel is downtown and we are going for  a wander before bedtime. Doing well on the jetlag so far. Qatar airlines managed to feed Jamie without prompting and he has not complained he is hungry at all.

Singapore Nationals

Some of the Worlds team are off to Sinagpore tonight to take part in the Singapore Nationals. Unfortunately Milo's arm is not better yet and Arran has some GCSE's  to do. Bad luck guys.  

Helsinki

Max with his prize for winning in Helsinki.
How are you going to get that back on the plane ?

Monday

So we finished quite early on Sunday with three races and lighter winds with bigger shifts.  Even at prizegiving there were still not any results up, but we were in the chocolates with Jamie finishing 8th and Arran 14th each getting a nice glass to take home . It was good to see GBR amongst all the NED orange . Max did not become a dragon but he did score two top fives which improved his humour  and Martin upped his drinking. There was no chocolate cake so Tim had to settle for some cold pasta. We had our usual number of setbacks such as Jamie's charter trolley going walkabout never to be seen again, a goose chase to find petrol for the hire car, and a  road closure on the M40 for Carla.

So we are now all home except for Max and Sarah SB who have gone to Helsinki for a week, Jamie was in school for the last lesson today and revision for the other two. Milo, we missed you but have some goodies for you.

Our next trip is Singapore nationals , Max, Jamie and Martin with Tim and Carla leave on the 14th June for a week.

Mid morning

This will be the last post until the end of racing because there is no internet in the club for Carla to access and Tim has not quite worked out how to blog directly from his phone , but he will do soon.

Minor crisis for Max who managed to forget his gloves this morning, so much for turning into a dragon!
Martin promises to have drunk all his bottles by the end of racing . Jamie had to be chased about suncream which is not quite in his morning routine yet or so he tells me. Arran it not quite sure why he feels out of sorts but admitted he did.

Tim says they were all busy doing their routines when he did the Max glove rescue

More later

Sunday

Sailors had more sleep last night and are just packing their bags before setting off for the boatpark. Arran having lost his readybrek has discovered there are other things that you can eat on racing days for breakfast. Max and Jamie have worked out that if you arrive late for breakfast in a German hotel you might have to eat your breakfast on your knee in the lobby.

Martin has found his lost yellow ribbon and so we will get our five euros back.

Weather forecast is 8-10knots overcast watery sun with a little rain later . Three races scheduled today , 200 sailors in three flights . Last start not after 14.00hrs . Results of only two races had been posted last night and the Dutch had the first four places .

Will try and post later if Tim's laptop still has battery but we have to be out this accommodation by 11.00am, so lets us hope the predicted rain shower is not when the sailors are getting changed in the car park after sailing.

Kiel

Sarah SB ( Max's cousin ) and Carla spent a busy day developing the new look blog, going to the supermarket and then they slipped into a Kiel for slightly surreal afternoon where they found Gay rights parade going on, a family fun run and a huge crowd dressed in black and, white some wearing zebras on their hats, the supporters of the local handball team whose final match of the season was happening at the stadium in the middle of the city. 

Then in the local department store we found a second optimist being used to promote stuff , this one was full of marzipan lobsters