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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. […]
Continue reading »Sunday December 3 we staged the final day of the IOM Winter Series Fleet Racing. For a change the weather was kind, with a ‘B’ rig northerly, semi cloudy and very muggy. And what a fleet –9 boats!!! Its been a long time since I have seen such a size fleet, on a club day. Great to see Mike on […]
Continue reading »Sunday 26 November we staged the AC15 Fleet Racing at Seaview Marina, 5 boats arrived and they were all ‘rearing to go’. The conditions were marginal for the ‘A’ rig but, because Les arrived, we decided to stick to the ‘B’ rig, the gusts at that time would have been too much for him to handle, consequently, he did surprisingly well. […]
Continue reading »Another good turn out Sunday November 19 at Whitby Lake for the final day of the Winter Series All Class Handicap. The wind was from the south and had a few of us guessing with it’s un-predictability–it tended to be a bit gusty, but we persevered with the ‘A’ rig.. Great to see another new ‘member in the making’ A […]
Continue reading »Sunday 12 November we staged Day 4 of the Winter Series IOM Fleet Racing, and what a turnout, 8 boats, it could have been 10 boats but John couldn’t bring his boat and Ed’s V5 which was to be sailed by a new member had major problems with the gooseneck, and pulled out. Mike joined us and it was great […]
Continue reading »Sunday November 5 we staged Day 5 of the Winter Series AC15 Match Racing. And what a day. 4 boats arrived to be greeted with a real northerly buster- It was about the worst we have seen for a long time. It is not very often that we had to resort to the ‘C’ rigs , but this was one […]
Continue reading »Sunday October 22 we staged the Spring IOM Regatta at our favorite venue –Seaview Marina. Almost a full fleet turned up for the event. The weather was ‘summery’– sunny with a northerly wind. Although we could have used the ‘A’ rig we decided to err on the safe side and use the ‘B’ rig. The gusts were a bit heavy. […]
Continue reading »Sunday 15 October. All Skippers were prepared to cancel Sunday’s event. It rained solid for most of the morning, but started to clear at about 10.30 ish. By midday it turned out a real summers day, and a mad panic to prepare for the sailing. The event was Day 3 of the Winter Series All Class Handicap. 3 skippers arrived […]
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