Farewell to Viking
Viking was used for the last time as WSC Committee boat for the Boxing Day racing. There was a heavy swell running in the bay when John Birtwistle as driver and Melita Biggs as Race Officer took her out to start the Icebreaker and Frostbite trophy races.
Viking was purchased by the Club only a few years ago to see whether it would be successful to start Club racing from a committee boat - previous racing had been started mainly from the starting hut on the Stone Pier. Of course, everyone now knows that this has transformed the racing in the Club and a new boat has been purchased to succeed Viking in the New Year. It is thanks to the volunteer band of Viking drivers with Don Cutler and John Harvey that this has been achieved.
