Saturday’s forecast light westerly breeze came in on cue, together with some afternoon sunshine resulting in  a pleasant afternoon’s sailing. The gusts that came through were patchy and Robbie D and Big E kept being caught up by William and Ruth, but it was the GPs that benefited from the conditions and Val and Ken Bell continued their form from last weekend to take two firsts in the Tinker Trophy (not that there was a Tinker in sight as they, of course, were here last weekend!).… Read full article “26/27 Sept”

This weekend we hosted as RS200 alongside a Tinker Travellers open, as well as a fleet challenge for club members.

On Saturday the wind was light, and initially did not come from the forecast SW direction. Drizzle came in unexpectedly, but passed through

The wind did freshen slightly from the forecast direction, but would it hold for the rest of the afternoon?… Read full article “Busy Weekend”

The forecast was for a north easterly and that’s what came through, and it freshened as the morning went on. There were comments that the wind was shifty, and that seemed to help keep the racing tight, but it was all to the good and everyone enjoyed the sail.… Read full article “Sunday”

On Saturday it was a glorious afternoon. The high pressure system removed the clouds, but took the wind too 🙁

There was a gentle breeze to push the fleet around, but it was much less that we’ve been used to all season

OD Mike Moore may have been a little flustered after his drive up to the club as he was held up in traffic queues for 45 mins.… Read full article “Taking the Mick?!”