K8 cross country
5 star Rasp. 750km day. Tried to take the k8 round the Club 100km. Got halfway round and landed after an hour in one of v few available fields. Thank you Trevor and Sheila for the retrieve!
Category: K-8
K8 Trailer
Yesterday (Monday 10th September) I trimmed back the brambles and other vegetation that was growing around the trailer, I also checked the toolbox lock combination which is the same as on battery cupboard. Last Friday I checked the lights and […]
Vintage Task Week
I managed 100km on day 7 of Vintage Task Week. Strong westerlies made upwind progress very slow but apparently everyone found it difficult so I took 2nd place in Tier 2 (handicaps below 76) and a bottle of wine. It […]
Soaring on 8th August
Post summer heat wave 831 got an outing for some local soaring by John Adams, myself and Trevor.
K8 Port Wing Refurbishment 2012
K8 Total Refurbish 2011 Never Again – Until the Next Time
This tale is related by Ron Beecroft, our Team Leader for the K8 (831), starting before he realized what he was getting himself into. It begins in 2009 when…well, let’s hear it in his own words….. In 2009 I was […]