Today we had 11 yachts on the water with a guest sailor in Nigel who will be doing more sailing with the club when in Albany.

 Another good turnout of 8 boats for todays 8th Heat of Handicap racing.

Brian has comfortable win.

Practice before racing bought the realisation that racing around the eastern buoys was risky with weed regularly being hooked.

Racing was changed to use the buoys around the fountain making shorter courses.

8 Boats started the day in a WSW breeze that favoured those who chose A rigs.

We had 8 sailors on the water for the 9th Champ race today.

We had a interesting day of sailing with ten yachts on the water and South winds which then went around to the South East.

Another good fleet of ten boats competing in the 7th Handicap Race of the series today.

Ten skippers on the pond today for the 8th Race of the Championship series.

Today we had southerly winds to start with which went around to SE as the morning went on.

Hebo wins, refreshed from holiday.

Another light and variable breeze, 0-5kts, and again with large swings from the SE to SW.

We are now getting got fleets of around 11 boats competing each week, making it very competitive racing and skippers need to be on the ball as one mistake can result in a loss of several places.

Today we had a new member in Tony Turner sailing for the first time and he picked up the control of his yacht quickly.

Colin has good win in tricky conditions.

We only had 3 starters, Murray waiting on winch parts and HK and Hebo overseas.

The breeze was all over the place throughout the morning, from the west around to the SE at 0- 5kts.

We had 7 boats on the water this week, plus we were joined by Peter McQuoid who has been sailing a DF65 at a Queensland club, but has now moved to Albany, so will be a new member to the fleet, Welcome Peter.

Colin has comfortable win.

We were dished up a variable southerly at 2- 5kts with significant shifting from the SE to the SW.

Today we had 10 yachts on the water and started with a steady Westerly wind which changed to a very light SW wind.

We had 11 yachts on the water for race 6 of the series with a good NW wind.

We started with a smaller fleet of 6 boats this week, in a light N/NE breeze that swung at times from NW to SE and varied between 0 to 8 km/h, so there was a lot of tacking on shifts and waiting in one position for some sort of wind.

10 boats competed today in a S/SW breeze that saw the change of sails being used from B to A+ and all rigs had their moment on the water.

Small fleet faces off in Heat 2

The breeze started in the ENE at 5-10 kts with some significant swings making for plenty of opportunities.

Half way into the morning the wind moved to the East and was still swinging. It was a different easterly having considerable variability. 

A big fleet of 10 boats started today with Geoff O #421 joining after heat 3.

We had 11 yachts on the pond which was a good turn out with a rainy start and a gusty NW wind.

Nic Jerwood makes it a double for the weekend.

Sunday DF95 State Championship was contested by 31 entrants, three fleets and over 8 races from the 24 heats.

Winds for first heats started from north of west swinging around 10 degrees edging towards west by mid- morning making choice getting out to the right side for the first windward leg important.

Nick Jerwood wins.

Racing was greeted with a gusty westerly at 5-15kts and shifting to give plenty of opportunity to make gains, the opposite was also the case.

The rain stayed away resulting in pleasant racing conditions.

Small fleet with close sailing.

Greeted with a Westerly at 5-10kts gusting to 15kts with a lot of variability both in strength and direction

Seven boats on the pond today with a breeze starting from the WNW but quickly swung to SW bringing squally showers with it.

A very gentle breeze from anywhere between S and NE greeted the six sailors for the 5th race today.

Six boats on the pond today with a gentle breeze starting from the W but slowly swinging to eventually come from the S.

We started of with 4 yachts and then John K #29 turned up half through the morning.

Greeted with 5- 12 kt ENE'er for opener.

Our first race using the new handicap system. As it turned out today the 3 boats that turned all had the same handicap, so it became a scratch start day.

The next handicap race handicaps are adjusted according to the days final results. See the table below the results display for details.

Only a small fleet of 6 started today in a very nice ESE breeze.

 On the day we had six turn up and we had variable light ENE winds which made for frustrating sailing.

Sunday 8th September

A busy bee is scheduled prior to sailing at 9am

Cleaning, checking and Replacing buoys.

Another tricky day with strong gusts causing a few problems on the down wind runs and tacking at the bottom marks.

Five sailors turned up today in the last days of winter, with a moderate cool wind from the WNW and a couple of showers.

We had seven yachts on the pond and it was good to Kim Swarbrick down from Perth.

A good fleet of 9 boats today for the 2nd handicap race with Brain S # 281 still down farming, Brian H #45 back after a long break and Peter T #34 down from Barker boosting our numbers.

We had 8 We had 8 yachts on the water and started off with a light Westerly wind.yachts on the water and started off with a light Westerly wind.

Seven skippers today for championship racing with another day of light shifty winds.

Wednesday the 14th was race 2 of the 24/25 Championship series with 6 sailors braving showers and the 30kms plus winds.

We started the 1st Race of the new series with 4 boats for the first 2 heats, then we were joined by Peter T #34 and after another 3 heats, good to see Geoff O #421 back on the water and quickly into stride.

A small fleet of 5 boats turned out today for the 1st handicap race of the new series.

Six sailors for today’s first race for this championship series. We also had Brian R with his IOM, due to structural problems with the DF95.

Today we had 6 skippers turn up for the 1st race of the new series.

Final placings dominated by Our Metro visitors.

Sean wins from Glen and Rosco.

The weather offering winds from the East on Saturday and the Sth to SW on Sunday.

Saturdays forecast max of 38 may have got close at the airport but was probably 28-30 Lakeside, making for comfortable sailing. Sunday remained overcast, keeping the temperature down to a cooler 23 - 25.  Metro sailors welcoming the cooler relief from the Perth heat.