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Despite the weather, on Sunday 17 March we held Day 3 of the Summer Series All Class Handicap. Prior to the commencement of racing it was a steady southerly, ideal for ‘A’ rigs. Unfortunately during the first countdown, the wind ceased and we ended up with a shortened course of only 2 laps. It was a good test of patience. Dave managed to master […]
Continue reading »Sunday January 27 we held Day 1 of the Summer Series IOM Fleet Racing, at Lake Whitby. In the morning we had brief showers which slowly cleared. And it did clear, with a good ‘A’ rig northerly with light gusts, and very hot sun. A good fleet of 8 skippers in attendance. Ed and John did very well but the rest of the fleet […]
Continue reading »Sunday January 20, we held the first race day for 2019, All Class Handicap Summer Series. Bit of a disappointment with the attendance, but it was to be expected at this time of the year. The conditions were also a bit of a shock, would have been a very lazy event at 1.00 PM, none or very little wind, but by the time […]
Continue reading »Here are the final results for the IOM Winter Series Fleet Racing. IOM FLEET RACING–WINTER SERIES Series Results position skipper sail design score D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 2 eq M Garden 159 V8 45 10 24 54 11 2 eq E Schmidt 79 V8 45 17 13 15 34 1 J McPherson 42 V8 42 48 […]
Continue reading »Sunday December 2 was the final day of the IOM Winter Series Fleet Racing. The conditions, to start with, were great for the ‘A’ Rig, nice steady, southerly breeze, with some real black clouds to the north. The start of the first race, saw heavy rain. Some of the ‘not so brave ‘ decided to wait it out and see […]
Continue reading »The following are the final results for the Winter Series of the All Class Handicaps. 2018 ALL CLASS H/CAP–Winter Series Series Result position skipper sail design score D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 1 E Schmidt 79 V8 47 14 8 16 9 23 9 R McDermott 2 MX14 143 48 42 30 42 29 J McPherson 42 V8 10 M […]
Continue reading »Sunday November 18 we held the final Day of the Winter Series All Class Handicap at our home venue –Seaview Marina. The conditions were rough, to say the least, generally the northerly was a ‘B’ rig, with almighty gusts coming thru that really warranted something smaller than a ‘C’ rig?? Owing to these conditions we ran only 2 laps of our […]
Continue reading »Sunday November 4 we held Day 4 of the Winter Series IOM Fleet Racing. Nobody in their right mind, would have expected the weather to clear after the conditions on Saturday. But it did, we ended up with clear skies, with a real blustery northerly. There were a few instances when there were white caps on the Whitby Lake! Some of […]
Continue reading »Sunday October 28 we held the IOM Spring Regatta at Seaview with 8 boats attending. The condition was a good northerly with the attending gusts, ‘B’ rig was require. Mike was the only one to achieve a good performance, the rest of us seemed to struggle at times with the gusts. Bruce did not come up to his normal standard […]
Continue reading »The following are the results of the All Class Handicap Winter Series after 4 days of racing. ALL CLASS H/CAP SERIES RESULTS WINTER SERIES SKIPPER SAIL No D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D/CARD POINTS PLACING D Blewett 74 14 14 34 13 E Schmidt 79 14 8 16 9 D Blake 93 24 17 17 32 P Fisher 23 […]
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