And you thought Texas was hot!

Been here in Japan a week now and I don't think it has been under 35C once. All of us have spent a lot of time trying to find a cool place to catch up on the time zones with an mid day siesta.

Love the VSR's. wonder if they would notice if one was missing.....

Leonard's first day sailing in Japan since a year ago here in Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture after a 10 hr 790km drive from near Tokyo. This is where the Japan Nats were last year and we are being looked after again by the Koizumi family here. We met their middle son, Ibuki, last year at the UK Nats. Ibuki was in the Japan National team at Langkawi.  He just missed out on a trip to Napier and will age out of optis but his 11 yo brother Gaiyo is the up and come sailor here now. The plan is 2 days practice here then move another 4 hours drive west with the Hikari Club team to this years venue at Karatsu, Saga Pref.  on Kyushu Island. The Hikari Club has been kind and lent us an oldish Winner but we found today that the mast collar area had some hidden damage and the collar was floating around in an enlarged hole. So a little bit of repair work is on the programme for tomorrow before we move to Karatsu the next day.
I took the attached 2 pics with the iPhone. One from the top of the mast collar and one from underneath. Now I know the meaning of FaceTime on the Iphone!