Sunday Sailing Results 13th October 2019
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…
Friday sailing Results 11th October 2019
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…
Sunday sailing Results 6th October 2019
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…
Friday Sailing Results 4th October 2019
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…
Friday Sailing Results 27th September 2019
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…
Friday Sailing Results 20th Sept 2019
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…
Friday Sailing 6th Sept 2019
At last, a good blast! 11 skippers had a good session of racing with a top end A wind with some B gusts to add to the fun. With the buoys replaced (thank you Tom) a good course could be…
Friday Sailing Results 30th August 2019
That’s more like it. A surprisingly good wind down at the lake, despite the forecast direction. Having had much (too much!) practice at light wind sailing, skippers had to quickly remember how to deal with wild gusts on the run…
Friday Sailing 23rd August 2019
An undistinguished session of sailing in light variable winds, with more weed appearing. Nevertheless, we completed 8 reasonable races – well when I say completed, , every race had one or more dns/dnf’s with half the fleet failing to finish…