Friday Sailing

Not as warm or sunny as promised by the BBC weather forecast but a good top suit breeze straight down the lake. With buoy 3 set well out from the bank it was decided to avoid the usual mayhem when…

A nice change in the weather compared to the last few weeks. Sun (but not quite tee shirts and shirts yet), and a decentish A rig wind. Well, not the easiest wind to set a course, but OK for the…

Drip, squelch, flap. Flap, drip, squelch...... What an awful morning to be lakeside, with 8 skippers wishing they hadn’t bothered. And to cap it all, having decided that 4 races was enough to get a discard and go home, we…

A robust session of sailing today. A good ‘B’ suit wind, more consistent than usual, except from the occasional vortices or holes which left boats flapping uselessly. While it was good to see our old friend buoy #1 back again…

14 skippers had a mixed session – cold but warming up; light variable wind becoming quite gusty – but still variable. Direction – just westerly enough to give a goodish wind from about A outwards – close in was the…

A challenging mornings racing – fickle wind – both direction, and strength. But first of all, a big welcome back to Peter, in a big, purple and comfortable looking mpv and a small red and very practical little mobility scooter,…

To B or not to B (rexit/rig), that is the question . Or rather ‘was’ the question. Both the types and alternatives had their own pros and cons, and opinions were pretty evening divided. In the end of course the…

Well, what a session. I’m not sure why we were all so optimistic and started with A rig – except sensible JM who looked at the forecast – or maybe just didn’t re-rig from last Sunday. Anyway – those that…

Some exotic course setting before briefing was nearly discarded as the wind shifted, but a close variant proved the most appropriate after a slightly delayed start. 7/8 start, 4p, Ds, 3p, 8s, 4p, Ds, 3s, 8s, D/A finish. Well most…

The 2020 racing season started cold and muddy but with a little sunshine. And wind. Not the best – sort of on-shore-ish but very swirly. 12 skippers (and 2 non-sailing) squelched to the lake for a challenging session of racing…