Not so long ago I put together this short video of people windsurfing on a windy day at Glossop Sailing Club.

What do you think of it?

It's pretty much my first ever watersports video that I've spent any time editing and I know I've still got a lot to learn...

How would you improve it?

If you think you know an answer, please leave a comment.

I now own one of these!

Described by Yachts and Yachting, the Laser EPS is a

14ft singlehanded dinghy. The EPS stands for Equalised Performance Sailing. The aerowings are unique to the Laser eps and create a perfect helm position, give reassuring extra buoyancy, and stability, and are fully adjustable to compensate for helms of differing weights.

The press release put out last week, seems to have resulted in widespread local coverage, which, I'm happy to see, has mainly focused mainly on the positive outcomes of the race effort.

The story was briefly picked up by Glossop.com and shortly afterwards my visitor statistics went haywire as solid mass of visitors arrived from there and other places.

Despite most of the coverage portraying the entry in a positive light, it seems that some people are puzzled at the reasons for the club withdrawing support, as "elegantly" summed up in this comment:

Why did Glossop Sailing Club withdraw its support?

As previously stated, I am unclear on this issue as this is one of the things, I seek to ascertain in the near future, as a result of a series of meetings with relevant people.

Nevertheless, The Glossop Chronicle covered the full story, and also apparently contacted a "spokesman" from Glossop Sailing Club.

SAVING THE DAY

FOUR young sailors from Glossop Sailing Club claimed a mammoth success in a marathon event that was surrounded in controversy.

A depleted youth squad from Glossop Sailing Club achieved 10th place out of a field of 28 - their best ever result in the annual National Junior 12-Hour Race in Southport recently - despite the club dropping an anchor in the works.

After the Glossop team's Southport 12 Hour Race's prerace publicity last week, a third party has put out this press release:

A depleted youth squad from Glossop Sailing Club achieved 10th place out of a field of 28, their best ever result in the annual National Junior Twelve Hour Race, held at Southport, despite their sailing club withdrawing their support and leaving them high and dry without a boat on the day of the competition.

Despite the not so flattering photo of me, the late arrival of the article, considering the Race was several weeks ago and the difficult circumstances surrounding our team entry, I am really pleased that this made the paper.

Sailing at GSC today was extremely slow due to lack of wind, however loads of people came up as a result of the sun and it was nice to see a few familiar faces.
I ended up taking a large number of photos instead of sailing on the grounds that it was funnier watching people float backwards, than float backwards yourself.
In the end some of my friends and I did ended up going out for a swim to have a laugh and cool off.

Most of the photos I took look like this GP14:

This article is terrible at explaining the event, however on Sunday (20th April 08), Glossop Sailing Club will be having it's annual "Dragon Pursuit" to celebrate St. Georges Day.
This is a 3 hour pursuit race for boats with a reasonably high PY, 1180 or something.
This is an open event and people from all Sailing Clubs are welcome to attend and there will be prizes for the first finishers of this exhilarating event.
For more details, maps etc. phone Graham Shaw on 01625 874098 or click here for a poster.

Beware the flying goose… - One of the things that’s difficult for me about living in Germany is the total absence of spicy food. German cuisine is bland. The best they can think of to spice it up seems to be mustard or possibly a dab of horseradish. As someone who likes curries and chilli dishes this just doesn’t challenge the taste-buds enough.
While my Aunt, laments the lack of spicy food in Germany, I can report on my latest curry. As mentioned here I went for a curry last night (Friday) with a load of my sailing friends at The Bulls Head in Old Glossop.

The Bull is unique in being a typically English Pub, friendly and atmospheric, and having an excellent Indian Resturant attached. One the other main advantages for me being that, of course, it is in the close proximity of my home.