General

GOOD NEWS! Sailing returns to the Sanford Road Lake for the DF65 Scratch Race tomorrow, usual 9.30am start.

The water level is much higher after the rains and the bottom weed level seems to have dropped as well, so fingers crossed we can continue on there from this week.

Temporary Sailing Venue Change

VENUE CHANGE NOTICE:

Due to weed and level issues the sailing venue has been shifted to the lake at Warrenup on Wiltshire Crescent for all DF sailing.

IOM sailing is on hold with intermittent sailing at venues decided on depending on the weather. Sailors will be advised by email.

Also note that where the calendar shows sailing at Nth Road, the above note supersedes the venue noted in the calendar until further notice.

Due to the buildup of the pond weed, instead of sailing we had another attempt at removing the weed in the SE corner of the pond. It was eventually decided that after several days and methods spent on the removal, that the spread of the weed was over too great an area for this to be done by hand. Given the large area of weed it was decided to cancel the Great Southern Series of regattas scheduled for the 7th & 8th February (IOM) and the 14th & 15th March (DF95) to be run later in the year, spring if possible. Thanks to all those who put in time to try and solve this problem.