Friday Sailing

Skippers arriving at the lake were greeted, for once, by clear skies and a good breeze. A good mornings racing was anticipated, with the prospect of a good long course proposed during briefing. Starter button pressed........ wind starts to die…

16 skippers gathered on a gloomy, sometimes drizzly but near windless morning to ‘race’. A short course of one lap – blues, 7,5, inner blue, A/D finish gave a reasonable range of sailing, but success depended largely on the ‘luck…

A chilly day and a reminder that winter is coming. Time to hunt the thermal vest and thick jumper. An onshore wind made course setting tricky but a series of zigzags sufficed to give close and competitive sailing. Results attached.…

Just 9 members for today’s sailing. We welcomed Peter Popham back from holiday to a wind coming through the trees.

A good downish-the-lake wind varied between gentle and B rig. It did look as though it was becoming consistent B rig and John H changed down after lunch, only for the wind to die away. Fortunately it picked for race…

The first day of racing in the new season was a good one. Gusts definitely B rig, but overall A rigs were just manageable (exciting runs though!). A good course of 7/6,3,2,gate,3,2,gate, blues was good enough with the wind not…

We had a reasonable course of 7 / 8, 2,8,7,2,8,7,A/5. 5 different race winners, but overall John H (2 1’s) pipped David A (3 1’s) by 2 points , with Oliver (2 1’s) a further pint adrift. Other winners were…

Well that’s it for the 2018 – 19 Friday Evergreens Series. We start all over again Next Friday! This last session had it all (well sort of). A good wind at times (even enough for John M’s B rig choice…

A lovely sunny morning for a third week in September but the wind was not so friendly coming from the east and over the dense forest of trees to the right of the jetty. It was not surprising then that…