With rain falling all day it was inevitable that numbers would be down. And we got seven starters.
The medium wind was off the clubhouse so the course was broadly similar to last week. John’s Solo took an immediate lead on the water which he was not to lose despite a brief capsize. … Read full article “Night Jar 6”
The weekend started with this year’s Push the Boat Out open day which was well attended by approx 100 visitors, and gave many of them the opportunity to take to the water in the best of the day’s weather.
There were events running throughout the day including mini olympics, hula hooping, and rock painting.… Read full article “Whit Bank Holiday 2019”
It was a superb evening with a cloudless sky. But the west wind was a little chilly and stronger than of late. Several crews who had signed on thought better of going out but there were still seventeen starters to tackle the 0-9-B-4 course.… Read full article “Night Jar 5”
Saturday started with some more junior sailing practice, followed by the final two races in the Asymmetric Cup and MJM series.
With a light SW breeze, a simple windward/leeward course was set (despite there being only one asymmetric boat sailing). All was well until the start of the second lap when there was a major shift to the NW which refused to swing back so the fleet enjoyed numerous points of sailing on a two leg course!… Read full article “Shifty Saturday”
Bass’ unique weather system kicked in this week. There was little wind to the west or north but a real Helm Wind at Bass. This put a few crews off launching but Harry brought the Aero down for a run out.… Read full article “Night Jar 4”
Wall to wall sunshine, and a stronger than expected NW wind, made for good sailing conditions on Saturday. As last week, the wind was regularly swinging to keep helms on their toes. Frustratingly, just as the start sequence got underway, the wind dropped, but fortunately, returned before the start.… Read full article “Sunshine All The Way”
An overcast afternoon with a light but bitter E wind (3 degrees on the car thermometer) put many of the Thursday regulars off and there were only thirteen starters this week.
The course was A-9-0-1 which included two beam reaches and a run suiting the GPs.… Read full article “Night Jar 3”
Saturday started off with some sail training for the juniors before racing got underway for the Paul Carruthers Memorial Trophy, a handicap series for all fleets, and the start of the three day Catapult Open for which there are eight entrants.… Read full article “May Day Bank Holiday”
It was one of those evenings when even the seasoned sailors couldn’t work out the wind direction. It started SW and ended NE. The OD went for a diamond course A-B-5-4 in an area where the wind had filled in – to a degree.… Read full article “Night Jar 2 – 2nd May 19”
After a turnout of 20 boats on Thursday evening, was it the lack of one of AJ’s meals on offer, or the long term forecast of 40kt gusts that put sailors off on Saturday as there were only 4 helms turned up, of which only two decided to race (and neither were Asymmetrics)?… Read full article “MJM/Asymmetric Cup”