Category: IOM

  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.       […]

  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 […]

“A beautiful bottom to middle of A-rig breeze. Steady conditions and good for checking boat speed.   We did a modified handicap system where  –  the winning boat from this race had to do a penalty on the first leg of the next race  – and the last placed boat started 10 seconds ahead in the next race Unfortunately, we […]

  The wind was from the North and at the top end of A Rig today. Good to see 6 boats competing this afternoon.    

The Murray Rountree Regatta is being held at held at Winstone lake in Otaki. (Thanks to KRYC for co hosting this regatta)   Sat 18th Nov – day 1. A lovely Sunny day at Winstones Lake. Only 14 Sailors were in attendanace today with a few late withdrawls.(Wayne only managed to sial a couple of races as being on the […]

  “A good afternoon’s sailing, in a tricky B-rig Northerly.   It was good to see all boats showing good speed at different times, with several boats getting race wins.”   Regards   John McPherson  

  An interesting day’s racing. Mostly IOMs with the welcome addition of one of Ed’s friends (Dave).  Dave has a Hurricane Metre Class boat (not an IOM), and it was good to see him there.  We didn’t score Dave – but we could see he was improving his sailing as the day went on.   The wind at Whitby was […]

Another lovely winters day on the whitby lake. Tricky wind conditions, so getting a good start was crucial. I recall that Wyne and I spent much of the Handicap start just trying to get started, while the counter still ticked down.   Cheers Rod      

Again, another lovely winters day.Light easterlies made for tricky conditions, so a short course was used to avoid the doldrums at the south end of the lake.WIth such light winds and less time for the WRYC AGM, only four races could be sailed by 3pm. Good to see Dave with his hurricane again      

Saturday sailing on a mild winters day.  Light south easterlies  made for tricky conditions, so a short course was used to avoid the doldrums at the south end of the lake.  As the wind filled in,  we extended the course to the full lake course, with the south end of the lake still very shifty. Four Sailors turned up by 10am.    […]