Category: AC 15

Day 3 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing at Whitby. And what a great day it was, plenty of sun and an agreeable wind  from a northerly direction. 5 skippers turned up which was the biggest fleet we have had for some time.  All the racing was exceptional the finisheswhere unbelievably close- it was a matter of being in […]

Day 2 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing at Whitby.  Yesterday we held Day 2 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing, the venue was Whitby.A warm welcome to Dave Humphreys to our group, I hope you will enjoy sailing with our group and the included companionship.The wind was quite doubtful when we arrived at the venue but it […]

Day 3 of the Spring Series AC15 Match Racing at Whitby. The conditions that greeted us were almost a typical summers day, sunny, with a variable breeze mostly from the south (debatable).   Five/Six competitors arrived and fortunately David brought along a spare boat.David administered to the racing schedule and made a great job of juggling boats and skippers.Its a long […]

We had an enjoyable day match racing AC15s on Sunday. The wind direction was very changeable, especially at the top mark. Ed won the day in top spot with 16 points. We welcome Dave Humphreys who sailed very well, ending up at 2nd equal with Ron. If anyone else is interested in sailing AC15, we are very welcoming, will plan […]

The event held today was Day 5 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing and venue was good old Lake Whitby?Showers were promised but did not eventuate–instead it turned out fresh and  sunny  with the breeze all over the show. Ed had major electrical problems  so we decided that we would share our boats around and still sail with 4 […]

Today the event was AC15 Match racing and the venue was Whitby.The conditions that greeted us on arrival was typical of Whitby light wind and very unpredictable, which made for difficult sailing . The odd gust that came thru did make for exciting sailing.  We completed  all the flights just as the wind decided to quit. As usual there was […]

The event today was  Day 3 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing and the venue was the lake at Whitby. 4 very eager skippers arrived to a healthy northerly wind.   As we completed the last flight the winddecided to ‘pack up’ so we where quite content.  There where a few mishaps during the racing and 1 of them caused […]

     ‘ Today we held Day 6 of the Spring Series  AC15 Match Racing, and the event was held at Seaview Marina.The 4 skippers arrived early in anticipation of our normal chat time. We were all surprised at the conditions, as we were promised ‘a few showers’ in the AM (didn’t eventuate) but we had plenty of sun with […]

     ‘ Today we held Day 6 of the Spring Series  AC15 Match Racing, and the event was held at Seaview Marina.The 4 skippers arrived early in anticipation of our normal chat time. We were all surprised at the conditions, as we were promised ‘a few showers’ in the AM (didn’t eventuate) but we had plenty of sun with […]

  Today we held Day 4 of the Spring Series AC15 Match Racing at the Seaview Marina. The conditions upon arrival where doubtful to say the least, quite wet (not raining but trying to) and the southerly wascoming in very strong. We initially considered calling it off. But after waiting for 1 of the skippers to arrive, the conditions cleared […]