The Wet Works Blog

Bank Holiday Bonanza!

Wow!

What a glorious weekend of Burnham Week sailing in some pretty lively conditions only to finish with simply the most glorious day on Monday when BOC  hosted the annual 'Quay Day' attracting what seems to be thousands of visitors into the town.

The Wetworks 707 crewed by a bunch of very able young guys did themselves very proud (considering they have not sailed one of these boats for many years) coming second on day one and two, in a fleet of seven, and after having led the whole fleet on day three for most of the day they slipped out of contention in zero air to come fifth.

The river was awash with boats - yachts, dinghies, motor boats, gigs, kayaks and several paddle boards. Over the weekend we received so much interest particularly in the SUP area and are happy to have supplied quite a few that were taken directly out onto the water - marvellous. 

The JOBE boards looked and performed brilliantly on the water and our resident expert and demo/trainer chap (Nobby) was really busy showing off his skills and giving help to many on the water.

We had moved the store down to ground level, outside, which worked really well allowing so many to see what we provide -  and as a bonus we truly enjoyed the day with so many old and new friends.

A superb and very special weekend had by all - it is still sunny and the water is still very calm - come and see us soon and let's get you out on the water!

The Wetworks

So changeable - are we able to get ready yet?

Here are a couple of views from our Burnham showroom over the weekend which shows just how different every day is at the moment. On Friday it was glorious and definitely a day to think about getting the boat prepared and by the following day...

What you can't see from this image is the unfortunate sinking of an international dragon. If you look really closely the mast is just poking out.

With it being so difficult to make the call on when to work on the boat , our advice is to get your list together. Without doubt, as soon as the weather breaks you will want to get on with things and there is nothing worse than finding that all of your gear is dried up, out of date or in a poor condition. Sit down and work through a list of everything you need to do, set priorities and send us your list so that we an put a package together and get it out to you in readiness for the rush to get back in.

There are some great offers about (particularly on flares) so give us a bell or email us to see how we can help to prepare your season.

See you on the water