Category: AC 15

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 […]

The event today was  Day 3 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing and the venue was the lake at Whitby. 4 very eager skippers arrived to a healthy northerly wind.   As we completed the last flight the winddecided to ‘pack up’ so we where quite content.  There where a few mishaps during the racing and 1 of them caused […]

     ‘ Today we held Day 6 of the Spring Series  AC15 Match Racing, and the event was held at Seaview Marina.The 4 skippers arrived early in anticipation of our normal chat time. We were all surprised at the conditions, as we were promised ‘a few showers’ in the AM (didn’t eventuate) but we had plenty of sun with […]

     ‘ Today we held Day 6 of the Spring Series  AC15 Match Racing, and the event was held at Seaview Marina.The 4 skippers arrived early in anticipation of our normal chat time. We were all surprised at the conditions, as we were promised ‘a few showers’ in the AM (didn’t eventuate) but we had plenty of sun with […]

  Today we held Day 4 of the Spring Series AC15 Match Racing at the Seaview Marina. The conditions upon arrival where doubtful to say the least, quite wet (not raining but trying to) and the southerly wascoming in very strong. We initially considered calling it off. But after waiting for 1 of the skippers to arrive, the conditions cleared […]

  ‘Today we staged Day 3 of the Spring Series  AC15 Match Racing at Whitby. Conditions turned out good with a fairly steady southerly. It was great to see Ron on the water again after a ‘bit of a break’The racing went well with only one hold up,  Ed having to swap out his rudder servo. Over-all the racing was […]

  ‘Yesterday we staged Day 2 of the Spring Series AC15 Match Racing atSeaview. For a change the weather treated us well. Wind was from thenorth and tended to be quit gusty. ‘B’ rig was the call for the day. 3Skippers arrived on site but only 2 boats, so we exchanged boats so westill had 3 competitors. We managed to […]

  ‘Today we ‘attempted’ to run Day 6 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing at Seaview, due to ‘unforeseen’ circumstances there was only 2 boats. The conditions where absolutely rubbish, the forecast was for northerlies, —-they did NOT eventuate so we fore-shortened the event to 4 flights instead of 6 (which would be normal for 2 competitors) There was little […]

  ‘Today we held Day 5 of the Autumn Series AC 15 Match Racing at Whitby.We were greeted with the possibility of rain together with a real blustery Northerly.Fortunately the rain did not eventuate, so we just had to cope with the typical wind at this venue–unpredictable and verychangeable. Still we decided on the ‘A’ rig and found it was […]

  Day 4 of the Autumn Series AC15 Match Racing at Seaview.The conditions where far from ideal being warm and sunny but the windwas very difficult to cope with. It appeared to come from everywhere butthe south–which was forecast . The completed score does not in any wayshow how close the matches were. Ron was unable to attend and was […]