Sunday Sailing Results 21st July 2019
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…
Friday Sailing 19th July 2019
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…
Sunday J Class sailing Results 14th July 2019
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,…
Friday Sailing Results 12th July 2019
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…
Sunday IOM Sailing Results 7th July 2019
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…
Friday Sailing Results 5th July 2019
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…
Sunday Sailing Results 30th June 2019
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…
Friday Sailing Results 28th June 2019
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…
Sunday Sailing 23rd June 2019
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…
Friday Sailing Results 21st June 2019
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.