On Saturday 1st March 2008 and Sunday 2nd March 2008 I went to Rutland for Zone Squad training.
On Saturday the wind was really strong about 28 knots gusting up to 32 knots so I was on my 4.5 and we were practicing upwind and upwind taking. First of all we all had a briefing about what we were going to be doing and a few tips on upwind and then we got out on the water, and started planing straight away but the wind was too strong and we couldn’t get upwind properly, so we all broke up for an early lunch because everyone was over powered. After lunch we all met up and decided to go in the creek because the wind was still really strong and in the creek there wasn’t a lot of wind at all but instead it was really gusty and the wind was about 9 knots to 16 knots which is more than enough to catch you out but I still went on my 5.5. Once we had all got on the water we got straight to racing a sausage course with an upwind reach buoy and a downwind buoy and we had 5 races throughout the afternoon.
On Sunday the wind was about 18 knots so the wind was a bit lower than Saturday but it was still strong so since the wind was a bit less than Saturday I decided to rig my 5.5. After we were all rigged we went to the briefing and were told what we were going to be doing. We were all racing with each other out in the main bit of the lake. After the briefing we all got ready to hit the water and got to the waters edge and there we were shown the course on the water. While we were waiting for Ian to get the boat ready we all went out for a blast and as we were out there the wind picked up and I dropped down to my 4.5. Over the day we had 5 races all together.
On Saturday the wind was really strong about 28 knots gusting up to 32 knots so I was on my 4.5 and we were practicing upwind and upwind taking. First of all we all had a briefing about what we were going to be doing and a few tips on upwind and then we got out on the water, and started planing straight away but the wind was too strong and we couldn’t get upwind properly, so we all broke up for an early lunch because everyone was over powered. After lunch we all met up and decided to go in the creek because the wind was still really strong and in the creek there wasn’t a lot of wind at all but instead it was really gusty and the wind was about 9 knots to 16 knots which is more than enough to catch you out but I still went on my 5.5. Once we had all got on the water we got straight to racing a sausage course with an upwind reach buoy and a downwind buoy and we had 5 races throughout the afternoon.
On Sunday the wind was about 18 knots so the wind was a bit lower than Saturday but it was still strong so since the wind was a bit less than Saturday I decided to rig my 5.5. After we were all rigged we went to the briefing and were told what we were going to be doing. We were all racing with each other out in the main bit of the lake. After the briefing we all got ready to hit the water and got to the waters edge and there we were shown the course on the water. While we were waiting for Ian to get the boat ready we all went out for a blast and as we were out there the wind picked up and I dropped down to my 4.5. Over the day we had 5 races all together. 
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