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Sunday March 10 we held Day 2 of the Summer Series AC15 Match Racing, at Whitby Lake. The conditions were pleasant–overcast with the odd patch of clear skies and a southerly wind, which tended to be a bit fickle. As you can see from the results the racing was very tight–one slip and you came in second. Whitby Lake is known for its fickle […]
Continue reading »The following are the results for the ALL CLASS Handicap summer Series Day 2 run on 17 Feb 2019 . Rank Skipper Sail Design Score R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 1 E Schmidt 79 V8 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 D Blake 93 V5 19 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 W […]
Continue reading »Sunday February 3 we held the first day of the 2019 Summer series AC15 Match Racing at the Whitby Lake. It was another very pleasant summer day with a light, but relatively steady, Northerly,. ‘A’ rigs were in fashion for this event. Unfortunately, there were only 3 competitors in attendance, but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The boats were very evenly matched. (for a change) […]
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 »They say that good luck comes if you wait long enough. Sunday December 9 we held the last event of the year, AC15 Fleet Racing, and it was held at Whitby Lake. Real sunburn conditions, with withering northerly. Only 4 skippers turned up, David was on leave (over seas somewhere) Ed wasn’t going to turn up, but did, then found his radio gear […]
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 […]
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