Barry Island was a new venue for Zapcat Racing so we hadn’t raced there before and the Bluesheets boys were all excited to race there as we are with any new venue.

When we arrived conditions looked perfect for rob and I with the onshore breeze picking up some large chop.

Edinburgh is approaching and we have sold our boat!

Dan and I have managed to find a buyer with the help of ZCR Ltd to sell our hull to. The boat will fly out to North Carolina USA tomorrow and this has resulted in us buying a new hull.

We picked up the new hull on Friday. Dan and his dad spent all day Saturday stripping and re-building our engine and the boat is finally ready to race.

When we said we were off to Barry Island everyone smirked and chuckled, so we didn’t hold out high hopes. How wrong we were; with a beautiful sandy beach and the friendliest locals we have ever found, Barry Island is a fantastic venue.
 
The weather was the only let down on Saturday, with a lumpy sea, wind and drizzle keeping spectator numbers low. There were a few flipped boats and men overboard, but overall outstanding racing from the majority of the teams.

We hit the beach early today and the weather was far better than yesterday. The sun was even shining. Dan and I were ready for a good days racing as we had dropped down to Div 2 and so were hoping to collect some decent points.

Surprise Surprise! Our boat was having another day and not performing correctly.

The day started with wet and windy conditions, and despite this locals still arrived to catch the action that ZapCat Racing had brought to Barry Island.

Because of the ever changing weather and tide conditions we found ourselves contending with plenty of chop that came and went.