Friday Sailing

It was another of those days with plenty of wind, but not necessarily always in the right place, in the right direction, at the right strength and at the right time! Oh, and there was quite a lot weed –…

Once again, a lovely wind gave the prospect of a fine session of sailing as skippers set their boats up on the bank. That is until briefing time whereupon the wind dropped and started swinging all over the place. Nevertheless,…

Lovely wind – that is until briefing time whereupon it dropped away! The first round of races were a mixed bag, mostly ‘one rounder’ triangles. By that time the wind had picked up enough to encourage skippers to stay a…

Wow, what a wetty! What a summers day! 10 skippers had a drenching during the first few races. A not unreasonable North westerly accompanied it giving an A/C start, 3,2,A,3,2,A finish blues. Mind you, most of the time we were…

With a wind veering between NE and NW, course setting was difficult, with most races giving reasonable beats to the first mark. Oh well, that’s sailing for you. Racing was good, with several races being decided within seconds of the…

An inconsistent wind roughly from the northwest resulted in some challenging racing. An A /C, 3,2, A, 3,2 , (only) blue/ 2 finish gave the right sort of legs most of the time. (New blues will be on the water…

A hot sunny day – with an easterly sort of wind of variable strength (i.e. gusts and holes, but OK for 'A’ suits) greeted the 15 skippers. John S arrived late and judged that the wind in the car park…

Good wind from the west greeted the 14 members and the weather was warm and sunny. This allowed the setting of long courses that were changed as the wind swung during racing.

12 skippers at the lake who had a south westerly wind. This meant that there was little wind close to the bank so a course was set to keep out in the lake. David Adam only just avoided having to…

With an awful weather forecast only 7 members came for today’s racing. The course was start 1-2 up to 5, then 3 - 2 finish A-B. The wind was very variable through the trees so was very inconsistent (even for…