It didn’t matter if I was on the water or trackside; the weather was the same, unpredictable. From the final of the British SuperBikes to the start of Weymouth speed week the forecast was for sunshine and showers, you just don’t expect to get such extremes every hour, and certainly not at the same time. But finding it on the inside of your camera is just pushing it too far.

I’ve followed the British SuperBikes for the last few rounds and everything was hanging on the final at Brands, and with double points up for grabs any of the top three had a shot at the title. Right from Friday’s practice, the weather was showing it hand; no two track sessions were the same.

The Superbikes hardly had time to settle before rain called for a re-start. With a changing track raining champion Gregorio Lavilla lost the any chance of retaining the title as he slid into the gravel. Team-mate Leon Haslam looked like an unstoppable winner, even when Ryuich Kiyornari slipped past, you knew he would be back in front for the flag. But then the red flag was up and it was all over, there had been a bad fall the other side of the track binging the race to a premature end.

Kiyornari took the win and withstanding a disaster was assured of title. Haslam put on a show for the last round of the season and for once the noise from the crowd drowned out the bike as he swept round each corner.

MSS Discovery Racing season finish on a downer, as they slipped a couple of places as Kieran Murphy fell in race one, and race two was canceled when the heavens opened leaving the corners looking more like swimming pools.

Leaving Brands Hatch behind I headed strait for Weymouth and the start of Speed week where the current weather trend was set to continue. Having not had been on any race kit for a while I jumped on the water right after registration.

Weymouth speed week as gain some popularity over the years, so much so, it was sold out months ago. It was really encouraging to see over a third of the entrants were new to speed. I like to spend as much time helping others get more out of speed as I do competing. Reality is Weymouth will never hold a record again, but it where speed sailing was born, and still is a perfect location to learn the craft.

I had a few practice runs before everyone came out ready for the start, but as normal the wind died just as the course opened. But then the rain kicked in, it came down so hard you could hardly see, and then the wind came. Running down the course was ok, but heading up to the start with the rain and hail blasting into your eyes was enough to make take up another sport.

The conditions changed every few minutes, we had it all, rain, hail, sun, wind, and all together a times. It was hard to judge when to take you run. Thinking I had a couple in the bag I went shore side to get a few pix, its always tempting to leave it till later but better to have something in the bag.

I took pix in both of the two sessions but more in the second session, which was a little tight for me, plus the sun made more of an appearance. Unfortunately, some rain from the first sessions made it inside my lens or camera, so apart form heading for the service department today, the pix aren’t crisp.

The wind for the next couple of days doesn’t look good, hopefully its back with vengeance on Friday, but we have some good time to go on with