Brigid Hurn - an appreciation

Many older Laser sailors will be sad to hear that Brigid Hurn died on February 17th after a long battle with cancer. The funeral is on March 6th in Banbury.

Brigid was editor of Laser Letter, the class magazine from 1985-1993 in the days when paper was the only medium. Her reports on Laser Qualifiers "in the style of" were classics and can be seen at  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vi0bTP9cdHC8nGY5jnSUTPmp1OwDKrIi/view

However, she was much more than editor, attending all Qualifiers in this time as well as Nationals and Worlds, assisting with the organisation and scorekeeping - only she could get away with scoring over half of a fleet of around 80 boats with the same position. The wind changed and a mass of boats finished on a run overwhelming the recorders who got the first 20 and the last 20, everyone else scored 40th place. No one questioned her decision!. Her ability to sort out the final places after discards was superb (this was before it was all done in software - you had to scan the list of scores and rank them manually). It helped her being a maths teacher. She took great care of the sailors and was a friend to everyone.

Stay Safe, 
Nigel Vick