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.

All you can really say about Plymouth on Saturday was that it rained, rained and then rained some more… some Zapcats did some racing but mostly it rained.

Despite the hideous weather Nial and James who were back in div two (after Nials injured ribs at Bournemouth halted their racing) managed to get first place in every race including the final.

Watergate is always an exciting venue and this weekend didn’t disappoint.

Nial and James were moved up to the first division after Bournemouth and Saturday was a steep learning curve for both of them; Nial having never driven in surf and James never having been in surf before in the Zapcat.

As Bournemouth drew near we were all a little apprehensive after last year’s two disasters which happened before the boats touched the water en route to Bournemouth (popped boat and rear ended on duel carriageway).

On Saturday they came second in first race - a promising start, until Nial got washed out of the boat, and his prescription glasses disappeared into the depths forcing them to retire for the day and leg it to vision express.

Nial and Jimmy are back again for the 2009 UK Zapcat Championship....