Sunday Sailing

A bit head scratching before the briefing – it looked as though it would be difficult to set a course. But by 10 the wind had settled and a good course was possible: blues, 6 ,4, D, 6, 4,D, A/5…

A challenging wind today, swirling around with gusts and lulls as it came over the south west corner of the lake. And it was wet too! Nevertheless, a course was possible:– 6 - 7, 2, 3, gate, 1 – 2…

Five members started the 2019 - 2020 Marblehead season. The forecast was for strong westerly winds so all arrived at the lake with A rigs. The first race saw Tom lose his mast and Keith ending up beached near the…

A decentish breeze, not too hot or cold, not raining. 8 J class skippers got down to some serious racing today. With this wind the J boats are wildly unstable, and we must all remember to keep ‘well clear’ of…

The summer J class season started today. And of course as it was an English ‘summer’ day, it was cool, dull with a possibility of rain. Wind wasn’t up to much either! In fact it was good until briefing time,…

The last 1M Sunday before the start of the J Class season was a strange affair. Light wind combined with waves from the BLYM rescue boats (It was their "Fun day"!!!) made for very difficult and frustrating conditions. Indeed a…

Just five skippers turned up for the last RM race of the 2108 - 2019 season. They were rewarded with a good strong A rig wind from the West straight down the lake. This permitted the setting of a good…

Another good day greeted the 12 members who enjoyed quite tight racing, we had a tie for 3rd between Jim and John Male which was still tied after count back, so it came to who beat who when they last…

By Briefing time the rather unpromising weather (cold, damp, little wind) and turned for the better. 10 skippers gradually removed layers as the sun came out and the wind, though gusty, was not too bad. A course of A /…

6 skippers for the Marblehead Anguilla Cup, which was won by Trevor with six wins so he also just avoided having to discard a first.