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Conwy Fife One Design 2021 'A' Series © Ian Bradley Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. After a week of dire weather predictions for Saturday and following a morning of torrential rain, the weather gods finally took pity on the Fife fleet and provided us with a marginally sailable afternoon. The fleet, having made the collective decision to sail (some with more enthusiasm than others, it has to be said), walked away from the shelter of the clubhouse and onto the more exposed pontoon to await the launch (raising doubts as to the wisdom of it all). All nine crews initially...

After a long, long, wait of 19 months and following a few days of rigging and re rigging as we tried to remember how the boats went together (it took me 20 minutes to work out how my runners should be rigged!). A select band of nine Conwy Fife One Designs, all looking resplendent in shiny new paint work, came to the line for the first race of the 2021 season. In the light North Easterly and with the last traces of snow still visible on the tops, our Race Officer, Chris Gofton decided on an 'X' course of B8, Aber, B10. After much deliberation, the fleet decided to split into two, with five sta...