Friday Sailing

The benefits of waterproof (and mud proof) scoring sheeting on show today - great to be able to wipe away all the muck! Some skippers believed the forecast and came ready ‘B’ suited; some came down full of optimistic ‘A’…

It was a sunny day, with a good-to-brisk wind down the lake – with the last  race quite blustery. A good long course was set, with only a minor change after lunch. 7/8 start, 2,1 (becoming 3,2), white gate, round…

Start 1/2 up to 6p, 3p, 1p, twice finish 5/A, later changed to 5p not 6p. J M got in the zone today taking first two races then 2, 1, 2, 2 only 1 discard today as the wind deserted…

Good turn out today with 14 sailing, still short by 10 of you. Horrible wind today, a lot of paint drying stuff, so start the blues, up to 7 port, 5 port, 2 port, finish A/D, it ended up too…

‘Wet sandwiches anybody? The rain arrived perfectly on time for the lunch break, but it did get sunny after that. The wind was again variable, mostly from the west which enabled reasonable courses to be set. However, it was far…

A better wind today for a change: reasonable strength (though fading a bit for the last few races) and ‘down the lake’ meaning we could set a good long course. We started 7/8, to 3,2 through the gate (though this…

Back from my holiday and greeted with a strong breeze and very cold. Tricky wind led to lots of course changes and lots of advice, we used all of the buoys at some stage trying to find a true beat,…

A less than exciting race session today – but the sun did come out to warm up some frustrated skippers. A very light north easterly gave us some trial short courses, but with wind of variable directions and not much…

A good strong wind from the South through the trees, so plenty of swirls and dead spots. Course was start 6 7, up to 3 2 down to the gate, finish the blues. The first race was one lap, all…

The start of the 2019 racing season was a good one. A varying lightish wind down the lake meant we could set reasonable courses for the 13 skippers. And A/5 start up to 3,2,A , once or twice round and…