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Sunday April 1 we staged Day 3 of the Summer Series AC15 Match Racing. The conditions that greeted the skippers was, sunny, with a good northerly breeze with variable pressure. David van der Plas passed on his apologies for his absence, and Ed. arrived with the intention of sailing, but his boat is still plagued with electrical problems, so he […]
Continue reading »2018 IOM FLEET RACING SERIES RESULTS– SUMMER SKIPPER SAIL No D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5 D/CARD POINTS PLACING D Blewett 74 22 15 19 M Garden 159 8 48 12 E Schmidt 79 18 48 24 R McDermott 2 26 P Fisher 23 34 23 48 B Kerr 38 32 14 27 L McGhie 94 […]
Continue reading »Sunday’s event was Day 3 of the Summer Series IOM Fleet Racing and was held at the Seaview Marina. 6 skippers arrived, to be greeted by a warm northerly gusting from about 9 kts upwards. The lulls where quite long and great for the A rig but some of the gusts tended to be a bit much sometimes, but […]
Continue reading »Sunday March 18 we staged the re-scheduled Day 2 of the Summer Series IOM Fleet Racing. The event was held at the Seaview Marina with a very summery day in attendance. On arrival the breeze was a light southerly and rather ‘fresh,’ by race start time it had increased in intensity, to the degree that a few of the skippers […]
Continue reading »Sunday March 4 was Day 2 of the AC15 Summer Series Match Racing. It is many years since the AC15’s have sailed at Whitby Lake as a fleet, and it was spectacular to watch. The weather was great -a light northerly probably at about 20 km/h or less which tended to be a quite un-forgiving at times, and it became […]
Continue reading »A good day’s sailing at Whitby with very challenging conditions. Very light southerly, swinging to the East, and finally settling into a Northerly with reasonable pressure. All 5 boats showed good speed at times with several races being decided on the last leg. Rod was a bit handicapped with a winch that was not controlling properly, which cost him dearly […]
Continue reading »The event Sunday 4 February was Day 1 of the Summer series All Class Handicap, and was held at Aotea Lagoon. The weather that greeted the skippers was ‘not the best’–a blustery ‘northerly’ but sunny. The Lagoon is not known for good conditions at the best of times, and it certainly lived up to its reputation this time around. The gusty […]
Continue reading »The event held Sunday 28 February was Day 1 of the Summer Series, AC 15 Match Racing, and the venue was the Seaview Marina. The conditions at home this morning were –clear sky and a very light northerly: on arriving at the marina, I was greeted with clear skies, and reasonably strong southerly. The general consensus was that the ‘B’rig […]
Continue reading »This years racing started on Sunday Jan 21 at Whitby Lake on a cloudy but very humid day, with a very steady northerly breeze. The event was Day 1 of the Summer Series IOM Fleet Racing. There was a good turn out of 8 very anxious skippers; a good size Fleet, despite there being a few skippers still enjoying their […]
Continue reading »This year’s final event has been and gone. Wednesday 13 December was the final club meeting of the year, the attendance was exceptional. We started with a very informal and brief business meeting, and completed the evening with the prize giving, followed by a few nibbles, and a good chat. Many thanks to Mary and Darrell for supplying the refreshments. […]
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