Home of IOM and AC15 Model Yacht Sailing for Wellngton New Zealand
Day 2 of the IOM Winter series was calm and sunny, not ideal conditions butracing continued in light breezes making good wind shift picks and a bit ofluck the order of the day. We added some handicapping which made for someclose racing. Great to see Bruce Gault there for the first time this year,and with a bit of help setting […]
Continue reading »Today we held Day 3 of the Summer Series All Class H.Cap, and the venue was Seaview Marina, owing to some problems with the Whitby Lake, which was the advertised venue. The Fleet was a few skippers short today (some where sailing up country). However, the fleet that did turn up, was greeted with a nice steady southerly, which was […]
Continue reading »The event was the Summer IOM Regatta. Despite the mornings weather, which was patchy rain with a variable southerly? the conditions at Whitby turned out nice, sunny but still with a variable southerly. The V8 contingent had it all their own way, unfortunately. The southerlies at Whitby can create some massive holes where nothing happens, and if you are facing […]
Continue reading »Well we certainly had terrific weather for the first day of the Summer Series Handicap. The attendance for the event was about as what would be expected for this time of the year. Wayne arrived with his new V8 together with Mike who gave Wayne the neccessary tuning advisefor the V8.The wind was a bit of a problem with the […]
Continue reading »Winners of IOM, AC15, and All Class Handicap for the 2019 Racing Season IOM FLEET RACING Summer Regatta 1st Cancelled 2nd Cancelled […]
Continue reading »Today we held the IOM spring Regatta at Seaview Marina. The conditions where very trying- –really gusty Northerly, ‘B’ rig. The gusts had a few of us guessing. Once again the V8’s did not have it all their own way with Russell giving them a good run for their money. Good on ya Russell. Pity Darrell didn’t get into gear.Dave […]
Continue reading »Today’s event was day 3 of the Winter Series IOM Fleet Racing, and it was held at Seaview Marina. Seven skippers arrived to be greeted with a fairly steady southerly wind. ‘A’ rigs where the first choice, but that changed after the first race, ‘B’ rigs where a better choice. Although Bruce decided to stick to the ‘A’. I was […]
Continue reading »The scheduled event for today was, Day 4 of the Winter Series All Class Handicap, and despite the conditions was held at Whitby Lake. The conditions where far for ideal for sailing but 4 brave skippers did arrive to be greeted to a real blustery northerly. ‘A’ rigs where tried, but the ‘B’ rig was decided on. Great to see […]
Continue reading »