After a long, long, wait of 19 months and following a few days of rigging and re rigging as we tried to remember how the boats went together (it took me 20 minutes to work out how my runners should be rigged!). A select band of nine Conwy Fife One Designs, all looking resplendent in shiny new paint work, came to the line for the first race of the 2021 season. In the light North Easterly and with the last traces of snow still visible on the tops, our Race Officer, Chris Gofton decided on an 'X' course of B8, Aber, B10. After much deliberation, the fleet decided to split into two, with five starting on the Anglesey side and four on the distance marks (aka, the Big Island side). The group starting on the Anglesey shore comprising, 5, Andy and Pete, 18, Alistair and a really nice man, 38, Mike and Steve, 15, Tak and David and 41, Family Yates (with an honourable mention for Patti, as babysitter). Didn't disappoint the watching throng at the start, as with surprisingly little shouting an over competitive boat or two, caused Gunner Bob, who nearly dropped his cupcake in the excitement, to fire the recall gun, but nobody returned (more on this later)