All Class Handicap Spring Series Day 5 @ Whitby
A good day’s sailing. Top of the A-rig. It was good to see Mark, Godfrey and Pete sailing with us. Congratulations to Dave. John McPherson
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Murry Rountree Regatta results:
The Murray Rountree Regatta is being held at held at Winstone lake in Otaki. (Thanks to KRYC for co hosting this regatta) Sat 16th Nov – day 1. A strong Southerly Breeze had the fleet on B rigs today. Link to Reggat Day 1 Photos, thanks to Glenn Syman of KRYC: Day 1 results posted below. Sun […]
Continue reading »All Class Handicap Spring Series Day 4 @ Whitby
A beautiful day’s sailing at Whitby. A light Northerly that rewarded sailing with eyes out of the boat. It was great welcoming back a returning sailor – Pete Fisher. Welcome back Pete. Pete sailed well and became more difficult to catch as the day went on. The handicapping seemed to work well. It took a while to settle […]
Continue reading »AC15 Match Racing Spring Day 3
Yesterday we ran Day 3 of the Spring Series AC 15 Match Racing the venue was Whitby. Only 3 skippers turned up to, not surprising considering the windy conditions The rig for the day was the ‘B’ rigwhich hasn’t been used for (I would say) a couple of years. The wind was quite strong with very heavy gusts. But surprising […]
Continue reading »AC15 Match Racing Spring Day 2
The event held was Day 2 of the Spring Series AC15 Match Racing , the venue being Whitby.4 skippers arrived to a lovely spring day which was sunny with a reasonably steady northerly breeze, which was the best breeze we have seen at Whitby for some time. A warm welcome into the AC15 group to Mark, who is an ‘old […]
Continue reading »All Class Handicap Spring Series Day 1 @ Whitby
Another Sunny winters Day at Whitby. The wind was a bit on the lite side so some races were a little flukey.Only 5 races had in the end with the wind dying out in the last race about 4pm. A great day had by all with the Handicap working well. Congrates to Ed. […]
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‘Today we ran the the AC15 Match Racing Day 1 of the Spring Series at Whitby. Only 3 boats turned up today, David v d P had family matters to attend to and Mark (new member) had that ‘dreaded lurgy’ COVID. Ron is unwell and we may not be seeing ‘on the water’ any time soon. Still the 3 that […]
Continue reading »All Class Handicap Autumn Series Day 5 @ Whitby
Hi, Good wind, Dave with his AC15, Mark on the water, and a lot of fun. We trialled a new handicap system, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. I noticed one race where 3 boats were overlapped at the final bottom mark – the AC15 and 2 IOMs. Another race where 3 boats were fighting it out for […]
Continue reading »AC15 Match Racing Autumn Day 5
Today we held Day 5 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing at Whitby. The conditions that greeted us on arrival where not ideal by any means sunny –yes, wind—-not very good . No wind for most of the afternoon but it did increase in velocity for 1 maybe 2 flights, then it dropped out all together. Eventually after 4 […]
Continue reading »AC15 Match Racing Autumn Day 3
Day 3 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing at Whitby. And what a great day it was, plenty of sun and an agreeable wind from a northerly direction. 5 skippers turned up which was the biggest fleet we have had for some time. All the racing was exceptional the finisheswhere unbelievably close- it was a matter of being in […]
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