Fun fact - the sea lake at West Kirby is too shallow for the very deep centre board (actually an aluminium plate) of the Firefly. So, they sail with half plate down, which is why you can see them making quite a bit of leeway

Looks like you all have a lot of video on the cutting room floor. Any interest is sharing all the old raw footage?

This wasn’t 1984, I suspect it was 1977.

Ha my uncle is in this 🤣

Uhh

Thanks Richard and Kit. Fantastic videos. Not seen anything like this on here. Quite a few concepts covered in the time without the usual mumbling and repetition. Well done. More please!

I was there!!! 3303. Thanks

First race a waste of video and too much close up stuff. Second race really good video where red filleted green beautifully. Superbly fluent team race sailing and boat handling. Don't give up the day job lads!!

Disappointing... Everything covered is easier done than said or irrelevant. boat speed is not the main job for the crew. No mention of thinking about what is going on outside the boat, which surprisingly enough is their main job. Try and get someone who crews regularly as she obviously does not.

from 40mins onward shows you the key moments of the last race and the closing ceremony