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June 24 we held Day 6 (Final) of the Summer series IOM Fleet Racing. It was not a pleasant day at all, cold and strong northerly, with a touch of rain. 6 hardy skippers turned up at Whitby Lake, but only 5 decided to race (Darrell’s xmitter decided that it didn’t like the conditions, so went on strike). B rig […]
Continue reading »Sunday June 17 we staged day 5 of the Summer Series IOM Fleet Racing at Seaview Marina. 6 skippers turned up to a pleasant but variable northerly. It varied between very light to zero at times. John and Ed showed us all how to cope with the conditions, until Ed pulled out with transmitter problems. Great to see Peter ‘on […]
Continue reading »The final results of the 2018 All Class Handicap Summer Series are as follows. Congratulations John McPerson. ALL CLASS H/CAP SERIES RESULTS SUMMER SERIES SKIPPER SAIL No D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D/CARD POINTS PLACING R Tullock 69 32 E Schmidt 79 19 6 7 16 19 29 2 C Harmer 20 19 B Kerr 38 17 11 32 […]
Continue reading »Sunday 10 June we staged the final day of the Summer Series All Class Handicap at Whitby Lake. The conditions on the lake were very good, a steady light northerly and nice and warm. These conditions did not last long, the northerly became very irregular, and by the time the last 2 races came around the wind had all but […]
Continue reading »The following are the AC15 Summer Series Math Racing results after 5 days of sailing. AC15 MATCH RACING SUMMER SERIES RESULTS 2018 SAIL Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Points Placing D van der Plas 9 4.5 8 7 16 35.5 D Blewett 48 16 8 13 6 8 51 R Perry 5 […]
Continue reading »Sunday June 3 we held Day 5 of the Summer Series AC15 Match Racing, Seaview Marina was the venue. The forecast for the event was not the best–showers and with a south to south east wind. The shower arrived in the morning, very briefly, but it stayed fine for the event. For those of you that know the Marina, you […]
Continue reading »Sunday May 13 was Day 4 of the all class Handicap racing at Whitby. Four skippers turned up with their boats. There was virtually no wind on the lake until the last race which made racing challenging and very slow. All races were one lap of the course and even then each race was close to 45 minutes resulting in […]
Continue reading »Sunday May 6 event was an IOM Autumn Regatta and staged at Seaview Marina, it was a very good day’s sailing, despite tough conditions. Rig changes and running repairs caused a few delays. A rare day where A-rig and B-rig were fairly evenly matched–it was never totally obvious which was the best rig for the conditions. Those with A-rig prospered in […]
Continue reading »The following are the AC15 Match Racing Summer Series results after 4 days of racing. AC15 MATCH RACING SUMMER SERIES RESULTS 2018 SAIL Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 6 Day 6 Points Placing D van der Plas 9 4.5 8 7 19.5 3 D Blewett 48 16 8 13 6 43 1 R Perry […]
Continue reading »The AC15 Match Racing held Sunday April 29, scheduled to be held at Whitby Lake, was transferred to the Seaview Marina. It was not a very pleasant day- it was very consistent showers in the morning with no wind at all, and knowing that any ‘air movement’ at the Whitby Lake was likely to be extremely flukey, we decided to […]
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