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No doubt about it, the most popular addition to the Southwold programme organised by Lorna Hill this year was the Sunday tour of Adnams Brewery followed by a beer tasting session. Well done Lorna! The recipe for the success of this weekend event was this: Take 30+ Old Gaffers from 11 visiting boats, give them a passage race on Friday with a good long course (50 miles for those from the Colne), send them round the cans a few times in full view of the Pier on Saturday, with silverware and beer for prizes, in both cases adding a good dollop of fresh breeze. Then feed them a generous tasty plateful of chilli and let them drink the Sailing Club dry of Adnams Bitter before Mr Adnams has even presented the prizes. By Sunday they will be delighted to learn about brewing the Adnams way and marinade themselves gently in no fewer than 7 different bottled beers. Then take them for Fish’n Chips on the Pier, give them free time to wander (or continue to marinade), walk them to Walberswick for a pub supper and pour them into bed early. Add generous quantities of sunshine throughout the process and there you have it – a recipe for the perfect Old Gaffers event! Oh…. apart from the unexpected ingredient introduced at 4.30am Monday as nine remaining boats prepared to depart. Picked up on Channel 16 by the vigilant Robinetta, already heading out of the harbour: “Securité, Securité, Securité! Gale Warning for sea areas Thames and Dover: Gale Force 8, expected soon”. About turn and back to bed. Sue Lewis. Passage race 1st Gaffer Gwenili 1st Bermudan Flamingo Sole Bay race 1st Gaffer Charm, 2nd Gwenili, 3rd Victoria 1st Bermudan Flamingo, 2nd Random 3rd Quintet Nancy Oldfield Cup race 1st Gaffer Victoria, 2nd Charm, 3rd Gwenili 1st Bermudan Flamingo, 2nd Quintet, 3rd Random
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