Category: AC 15

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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]

Day 2 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing at Whitby.  Yesterday we held Day 2 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing, the venue was Whitby.A warm welcome to Dave Humphreys to our group, I hope you will enjoy sailing with our group and the included companionship.The wind was quite doubtful when we arrived at the venue but it […]

Day 3 of the Spring Series AC15 Match Racing at Whitby. The conditions that greeted us were almost a typical summers day, sunny, with a variable breeze mostly from the south (debatable).   Five/Six competitors arrived and fortunately David brought along a spare boat.David administered to the racing schedule and made a great job of juggling boats and skippers.Its a long […]

We had an enjoyable day match racing AC15s on Sunday. The wind direction was very changeable, especially at the top mark. Ed won the day in top spot with 16 points. We welcome Dave Humphreys who sailed very well, ending up at 2nd equal with Ron. If anyone else is interested in sailing AC15, we are very welcoming, will plan […]

The event held today was Day 5 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing and venue was good old Lake Whitby?Showers were promised but did not eventuate–instead it turned out fresh and  sunny  with the breeze all over the show. Ed had major electrical problems  so we decided that we would share our boats around and still sail with 4 […]

Today the event was AC15 Match racing and the venue was Whitby.The conditions that greeted us on arrival was typical of Whitby light wind and very unpredictable, which made for difficult sailing . The odd gust that came thru did make for exciting sailing.  We completed  all the flights just as the wind decided to quit. As usual there was […]