Well, it looked idyllic…but for the Bexhill winds, North, North -Easterley, Bft 4/5 gusting 6! Flat sea and sunshine wasn’t enough this week. Saturday was a “no” and Sunday morning had 6 boats signed on, four taking to the water , and three completing the course…So congratulations to Bob
Where was the wind?On Saturday , with the tides it was an early evening race , and rather unexciting conditions that stirred a small flotilla to the water. Tony Lane and Hanna Boston’s Dart 16A lead Ben Cole’s Sprint, in the Cat’s. Malcolm Brookes , Comet , lead Richard Bratton , Europe ,
National pride was forced by 4 Europes competing in the slow fleet , and the doyen of the National Championships Richard Eagleton ok first place ahead of Richard Bratten , Lee Roberts and Arne Lovius .The cadets had a real ding dong with Eve Fifield piping Logan Adams second , although that was
The May short series.Clement weather and morning high tides over the weekend enabled 4 races to be completed . Although the winds could have been stronger for some sailors , a varied fleet challenged over the three days.Race 1 saw just Richard Bratton’s Europe represent the slow fleet , whilst
Whilst the “Get back to sailing “ fleet were gaining their tuition, club members continued the Saturday Series, with a square course and rising tide. Well ,that was for the morning race , as the 2p m start had a dropping tide, and a need for careful sailing if not to be dragged down the
The Club is not only beholden to the weather, and surf , but also the tide. Thus the weekends races caught out some sailors with early starts. Nevertheless Saturday saw a three boat chase of Europes , with Lee Roberts and Richard Bratten led unsurprisingly by Richard Eagleton , amongst an overall
Yet again our British Weather played a significant part in the weekends events. On Saturday , sailors readied themselves for another race of the Spring Series , only to find the lack of sufficient wind , coupled with serious beach surf scuppered their launches. The race officer cancelled the race
15th/16th October:With weather heavily affecting the weekend sailing , there were still some intrepid sailors looking to launch for the second race of the Frostbite Series on Sunday. It all looked so calm as low tide progressed towards high, but as it did so did the surf on our launching beach
Last weekends program (1st/2nd October) was affected by contrary winds and weather , not of course uncommon at this time of year. However Sunday saw a Brass Monkey race take to the water after some late preparation and decisions by the stand in race officer. The wind direction was difficult to
24th/25th September: This weekend saw trainee powerboat skippers taking the RYA Powerboat course, over both Saturday and Sunday. With firm Northerly winds on both days, flat sees meant to curriculum was easily covered in the time, plus enabled the Club Cup to be contested on Sunday.This race was