julyanrichardson
May 7, 20221 min read
IOM 6th May '22
The weather forecast for today looked reasonable, but the reasonable wind didn't ever turn up and we had very variable and largely...



The weather forecast for today looked reasonable, but the reasonable wind didn't ever turn up and we had very variable and largely...
Eleven stalwart skippers faced the North wind, for this last race session of the series. Thank you to all who have contributed in some...
A short course was soon lengthened to take in #4 mark, second time round. With a strengthening breeze, this too was extended to include...
Once Chris and a couple of club members hauled ashore a fair sized, 20ft+ branch adjacent to mark #7, the rescue boat was duly launched...
Good to see all the boats perform to their best advantage, in extreme conditions. Chris' foresight to swap down to B suit may have...
A triangular course with a flat south end. 5/8 - ( 0 - 3 - 7 - OB) x 2 - 4/OR. A fair steady E/ NE breeze fuelled the boats. Lead boats...
An interesting course, plus two auxillary race marks - OR(orange and red) and OB(orange and black). "0" buoy being the faded white....
Six stalwart skippers turned out to sail. After a break the course grew a couple of legs: 3-Or-5, the which were levered into the first...
Eight competitors turned out for the first of the March-April series. A good NW breeze allowed for nine races.


