After a great days training through on the West coast I travelled swiftly back to my home club, the Royal Forth Yacht Club, for the annual prize giving.  Due to a very comprehensive debrief from the training session and the rugby traffic that greeted me when I got back to Edinburgh, I arrived just in time.  There were a number of awards given out on the evening, with three tables full of trophies!  I am very happy to say that I was presented with the Forth Yacht Clubs Association (FYCA) Cup for FYCA Yachtsman of the Year!  It was a great surprise that I am very thankful for.  I would like to thank Kevan Gibb for the nomination, and the Royal Forth Yacht Club and it’s members for their support over the years.

A special well done to Richard Leask and his daughter (pictured 2nd and 3rd from the left, back row) and to Willie Adams for their awards.  I have crewed for Richard on a number of occasions sailing out of Royal Forth and learned a great deal from him and his crew!  Another well done to Peter Cooke (pictured 2nd from the right, back row) on his awards.  I was given the opportunity by Peter to crew for him on his very well kept Dragon, definite jealousy there!

I have 2 weekends of training coming up and a trip to Spain for the Palamos Christmas regatta!

Lewis