Category: IOM

Day 6 of the All class Handicap was held at Whitby.   A lovely sunny day with light N to NE wind.  Mark unfortunatly had some RC issues with his boat, so started a couple of races but never manged to finish and had to withdraw. Another day of good racing with some very close finishes….     Congrats to John.  […]

Today at Whitby…Patchy wind and some rain. Six boats across the day, but Ed had to retire due to electrical  problems. Still some good sailing by all.  

Day 4 of the All class Handicap was held at Whitby.   Rain thretsened todays sailing but th wind blew away the rain and eventually the sun came out. The wind was gusting to the top end of A  at times but otherwise a more enjoyable Northerly than last weeks SE. 6 Saliors raced today with a good mix of results […]

Another lovely sunny day at Whitby… But the SE wind was patchy and gusty all day, that made for very trying conditions. The WRYC white bouy is still missing, the start was moved to the Northern Bouys in the lake and the Pink bouy at the usual starting line was used to try to get a up and downwind course. […]

A fabulous day at Winstones – none of the forecast rain and plenty of sunshine.  The breeze came in from the northwest as predicted in the morning and rotated a little more west in the afternoon requiring a small course adjustment.  At 3.30pm, after 23 races, everyone felt a little bit shattered and were pleased to retire to a seat […]

Another one of those carn’t beat Wellington on a good day… The sun was out, but the wind was patchy to start with, but filled in for a good days racing. The WRYC white starting bouy has disapeared, so this made starts very interesting with a temp starting line between the pink bouy and a pole on the bank….. An enjoyable […]

A fleet of nine IOMs competed for bragging rights at Winstones today in breezes that tracked all around the compass.  The wind strength varied from middle of A Rig to drifting conditions.   Great to see Andy’s refurbished Goth design (sporting new sails by Andy) cutting it pretty well – including a first place in Race 4. At the end […]

Day 1 of the All class Handicap was held at Whitby.   A lovely sunny day, but only 3 boats turned up. The wind was gusting to the top end of A but mostly about 8 knots. Great racing was had with line honours spread around all skippers. Some very close finished with one race having all 3 boats finish with […]

Saturday was the first IOM scratch racing day at Whitby. The sun was out, but the wind was very patchy so the racing was delayed… The first few races were starting in oppoiste directions, still waiting for the wind to settle…. Which did not occur until late in the afternoon. Eventually managed to get 11 races finished. Well done Dave and […]

Day 6 of the All class Handicap was held at Whitby.   This weekend was all class handicap.  The weather was a Northerly, and plenty of Sunshine. This week we tried a new Handicap starting countdown, that allowed each skipper to have the handicap adjusted depending on the finished order of the previous race.   Godfreys boat underwent some serious rework […]