Tag Archive: Racing

Sunday Racing Report ….. 2nd December Congratulations to Geoff and Jim for winning the Pioneer Series which was completed last weekend. Eight races were sailed, two weekends were so windy that only the totally dedicated ventured out and one weekend provided a total drift around in the sunshine . Even so fourteen boats raced at …

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For those who were not able to make it the Dinner went with a swing, old friendships were reinforced and hopefully new ones encouraged. On our table Chris Evans who has just purchased FF3510 was telling us of his plans for racing with his daughter Hannah, and Richard and Jane Page were updating us on …

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Sailing yesterday What a difference a week makes. No rain, just wall to wall sunshine. No gales with unmanageable gusts, just a force 2 with holes in the wind all over the place. A slightly delayed start with the 2 minutes silence being observed but that was no great loss as there was hardly any …

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Sailing yesterday What a morning to wake up to yesterday! Rain lashing against the windows. Managed to load up the car between the showers but arrived at Bewl and it was pouring again. Shortly after 9.30, there were 10 of us sitting having coffee in the warm and the race officers, Chris and Martin from …

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Arrived at Bewl yesterday and the sun was shining and there was a good westerly force 3-4 blowing with 13 knot gusts. Could life get much better? Yes it could!! I was the fourth Fifteen down on the slip to rig but then more and more arrived. In the end, 12 of us made our …

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