Galeforce winds, rain, hail and a few boat stoppers were some of the highlights of the first RRC time trial for Season 2009/10.
The crew of Dennis (stroke), Alex, Troy, Matt, John (JL), Barry, Martin, Nick and cox Elaine did the round the island time trial in 34min 16 sec to set a bench mark for this years four race series.
Stroke Dennis Beck said that the crew had come unstuck on a few occasions with the wind at one stage catching the boat, elevating JL from his seat and almost tipping the boat.
“Needless to say that we will be looking for a stronger performance next time round should we get better conditions” he said.