Home of IOM and AC15 Model Yacht Sailing for Wellngton New Zealand
From Sunday 7th July The conditions where totally un-expected – a complete reversal of the weather we suffered during the past week. Only 5 skippers attended, with Rod having to drop out during the first lap with winch drum problems. Great to see Hans making progress with his V5. Ed and Darrell had some great tussles with Darrell eventually taking a […]
Continue reading »Sunday 16th June – Today we held the Autumn IOM Regatta at Whitby Lake with conditions that were ‘straight out of the box’–a light northerly with the odd gust. The gusts weren’t quite ‘B’ rig so the majority of skippers went for the ‘A’ rig. Dave was up to his normal standard, by winning all bar 1 race followed by […]
Continue reading »Today we held the final day of the Summer Series All Class Handicap at the Seaview Marina. 9 skippers arrived to be greeted by a nice steady northerly breeze which gained in strength while we rigged up, ‘B ‘rigs were eventually chosen. I can’t remember seeing handicap racing ending up with the final points being so close. The finishes where so […]
Continue reading »The following are the results for the All Class Handicap Summer Series after 5 days of racing. SERIES RESULTS. Rank Skipper Sail Design Score D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 J McPerson 42 V8 8 8 M Garden 159 V8 17 E Schmidt 79 V8 […]
Continue reading »The event staged Sunday May 12 was, Day 5 of the Summer Series All Class Handicap, and the venue was Whitby Lake. The promised conditions where ‘cloudy with a promise of heavy rain and strong wind. The ‘A’ rig conditions gradually decreased as the afternoon moved on. 2 skippers elected for the ‘A” rig but the rest went with the ‘B’ […]
Continue reading »The following are the IOM Fleet Racing Summer Series results after 3 days of racing, Rank Skipper Sail Design Score D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 J McPherson 142 V8 10 E Schmidt 79 V8 8 20 3 M Garden 159 V8 32 8 R McDermott 2 MX14 34 27 7 D Blake 93 V5 26 13 14 D Blewett 74 […]
Continue reading »The following are the results of Day 3 of the IOM Fleet Racing Summer Series held on Sunday 21st of April. Rank Skipper Sail Design Score R1 R2 R3 R4 3 Rod McDermott 2 MX14 7 3 2 4 2 1 Ed Schmidt 79 V8 3 1 1 2 1 5 D Blake 93 V5 14 2 6 6 6 […]
Continue reading »Below are the results of the All Class Handicap Summer Series after 4 days of racing. Rank Skipper Sail Design Score D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 J McPerson 42 V8 8 8 M Garden 159 V8 17 E Schmidt 79 V8 6 25 53 R McDermott 2 MX14 25 23 G Buchan 65 V8 26 B Kerr 38 V5 30 […]
Continue reading »Sunday April 14, despite the forecast conditions, we ran Day 4 of the Summer Series Handicap. The predicted conditions were for ‘increased southerlies winds but fine?’ In fact there were relatively calm spells (almost ‘A’ rig) with gusts that, in my mind were definitely ‘C’ rig. As expected, there were a few casualties through breakages of some sort. There was only 1 skipper that […]
Continue reading »Sunday March 24 we held Day 2 of the Summer Series IOM Fleet Racing. The conditions where ‘trying’ to say the least. Overcast with gusty northerlies, but warm. Most of the skippers made use of their ‘A’ rigs despite the gusts and as anticipated, did experience some difficulties. The only ‘B’ rig was Mike and he did very well. Dave came up to his normal […]
Continue reading »