He broke a 10 year absence to participate in the event but you would never have guessed he was rusty as Robbie Hirst fought of a valiant challenge from Alec Anderson to win the weekend BVI Dinghy Championships with seven bullets.
“It was a low key fun regatta and I haven’t been in a laser in 10 years,” reflected Hirst who has been sailing IC-24s lately. “It took about half a day to get used to it, but I also remembered how painful it is to sail as well. The Laser is physically demanding. You need to have good conditioning or else you won’t be going very fast.”
