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Day 2 of the IOM Winter series was calm and sunny, not ideal conditions butracing continued in light breezes making good wind shift picks and a bit ofluck the order of the day. We added some handicapping which made for someclose racing. Great to see Bruce Gault there for the first time this year,and with a bit of help setting […]
Continue reading »Today we held the IOM spring Regatta at Seaview Marina. The conditions where very trying- –really gusty Northerly, ‘B’ rig. The gusts had a few of us guessing. Once again the V8’s did not have it all their own way with Russell giving them a good run for their money. Good on ya Russell. Pity Darrell didn’t get into gear.Dave […]
Continue reading »Today we staged the final day of the Winter Series AC15 Match Racing. The weather was despite all promises fine with a blustery northerly, such that the ‘B’ rig was chosen It was great to David back in the fold again after his absence. It is amazing how these boat skim the water with a good following wind. Ed had […]
Continue reading »Today we held Day 4 of the Winter Series AC15 Match Racing, the venue was Seaview Marina. Unfortunately, due to un-foreseen circumstances, only 2 competitors arrived, to be greeted to a steady, chilly southerly, which compelled us to select the ‘B’ rig for the event. It has been a long time since the ‘B’ rig was used, so it took longer than […]
Continue reading »Today we held the final day of the Summer Series All Class Handicap at the Seaview Marina. 9 skippers arrived to be greeted by a nice steady northerly breeze which gained in strength while we rigged up, ‘B ‘rigs were eventually chosen. I can’t remember seeing handicap racing ending up with the final points being so close. The finishes where so […]
Continue reading »Today we held Day 5 of the Summer Series AC15 Match Racing, and it was held at Seaview Marina. The conditions that greeted the skippers was sunny with a northerly wind suitable for the ‘A’ rigs. It is not very often that the lead position can change so many times in one heat, the racing was so close, the […]
Continue reading »The following are the results for the All Class Handicap Summer Series after 5 days of racing. SERIES RESULTS. Rank Skipper Sail Design Score D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 J McPerson 42 V8 8 8 M Garden 159 V8 17 E Schmidt 79 V8 […]
Continue reading »The following are the results of the Summer Series AC15 Match Racing after 4 days of racing. Rank Score Skipper D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D van der Plas 14 14 10 12 R Perry 10 8 12 D Blewett 12 12 6 12 E Schmidt 10 10 12 G Buchan 6 1/ Scores shown are ‘as raced’. 2/ […]
Continue reading »The following are the IOM Fleet Racing Summer Series results after 3 days of racing, Rank Skipper Sail Design Score D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 J McPherson 142 V8 10 E Schmidt 79 V8 8 20 3 M Garden 159 V8 32 8 R McDermott 2 MX14 34 27 7 D Blake 93 V5 26 13 14 D Blewett 74 […]
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